| From: | Alan Buxey |
| Date: | 18 Aug 2000 at 17:42:02 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Piracy |
hi,
> There is a real dilemma today in how to deal with piracy. What makes open
> source so attractive is that they give away the software, so no cracking
> has to take place. However, manuals, support, etc are charged for thus
> providing revenue streams for developers and developmental companies.
depends on who the users are though, for example I use open source software
and i also use 'open source' help channels. get stuck with a program? I
juset surf the web and in next to no time have several leads that help me.
I'm also very intuitive and can puzzle most of these things out.
so, if there were more people like me, who download Linux from the FTP site,
who figure out the problems, then RedHat (for example) would make no money
and neither would any of these support channels.
in closing, the standard revenues for Open Source are very fragile
> Confiscation of equipment hurts them in the pocketbook and this may be a
> good way to handle individuals and groups using and providing cracked or
> pirated applications.
this threat certainly cuased me to double check all files that got uploaded
to my BBS when I ran it! I couldnt afford to lose my equipment (confiscation
of equipment is step numero uno when a BBS is raided)
alan
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