[Opensim-users] Announcement of inventory tool (MyInventory), mostly of interest to grid operators/grid nauts

[Dr Ramesh Ramloll]

Retyping because of too many typose, sorry about that

Hi Fleep,
On Why does anyone create anything?
I used to think like you and am a big supporter of Stallman. I have the
experience of wearing the shoes of an academic researcher and a business
owner. I can see things from both angles. It is clear to me that ALL
opensource efforts are subsidized by employers/govt in some shape of form
(one just have to follow the money trail). For folks running a business and
who live squarely on the money they make for the business, it is
understandable that they are defensive about IP. This is not a simple case
of the virtuous who like create and share vs those who don't. It's about
the right to eat or not.
Ramesh

On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Dr Ramesh Ramloll <r.ramloll at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Fleep,
> On Why does anyone create anything?
> I used to think like you and am a big supporter of Stallman. I have the
> experience of wearing the shoes of an academic researcher and a business
> owner so I can see things from both angles. It is clear to me that ALL
> opensource efforts are subsidized by employers/govt in some shape of form
> (one just has to follow the money trail). For folks running a business and
> who live squarely on the money they make for the business, so it's
> understandable that they are defensive about IP, simply because they need
> to eat. This is not a simple case of the virtuous who like create and share
> vs those who don't. It's about the right to eat or not.
> Ramesh
>



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