Re: Autom8it nolonger free?

[Calum Morrell <calum@xxxxxxx>]

Mark Hetherington wrote:
>>Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer it to remain free as well, -
>>in fact I'd
>>prefer all software to be free, (and music, and movies...)
>>but that's really
>>the crux of a much larger problem that affects a much larger part
of
>>society, and is definately a discussion for another day!
>
>
> Make cars, houses, AV systems, etc free and I am sure intangible items
> will be free as well. There is no argument to make intangibles free
when
> tangibles are not. Why should a guy that merely watches a machine make
a
> car be paid while a guy that spends a great deal of time producing say
> music or a movie should give away his work?  The chances are that the
> latter put much more effort into it so is surely worth compensating
for
> his efforts. I doubt we would have the successful music and movies we
do
> if they makers had to rely on watching a mchine to make a car to
finance
> their artistic pursuits.

Have you been drinking?

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Calum Morrell
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