> [RMS is] proposing a massive disincentive to engaging in one of the most productive, highest growth industries in the world's history.
OK, you lost me. How exactly the possibility of rendering your software proprietary enhanced in any way at all productivity in software ?
Just a warning : I don't accept metrics based on how much money you extract from others, or how much people work behind a keyboard. What matters is how the lives of the people actually improved thanks to proprietary software.
My guess is not much at all. If I recall correctly, the most crucial innovations where mostly public research work.
OK, you lost me. How exactly the possibility of rendering your software proprietary enhanced in any way at all productivity in software ?
Just a warning : I don't accept metrics based on how much money you extract from others, or how much people work behind a keyboard. What matters is how the lives of the people actually improved thanks to proprietary software.
My guess is not much at all. If I recall correctly, the most crucial innovations where mostly public research work.