[MURG] Uploading IP (intellectual property)

[cat13 at illrepute.org]

"Yan King Yin" <y.k.y at lycos.com> writes:

> From: "Randal A. Koene" <rak at minduploading.org>
> 
> >> >like GNU and PLOS.
> >>
> >> As I pointed out before, IP does not prevent disclosure or
> >> publication, it actually facilitates openness.
> >
> >I hope you do know that there is a big difference between the intentions
> >of GNU and patents.
> 
> I do respect the open-source folks' wish to make software freely
> available. Not only do they want to give out free software but
> they also *want* to see more of it happen. But software takes
> effort to create, and I don't see why it's superior to make a
> profit out of something else such as maintenance. 

I haven't read it, but I understand that The Cathedral and the Bazaar
addresses this question (the short answer being "better end product"):
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/