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11679: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry

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From: Colin Coghill <C.Coghill@auckland.ac.nz>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 22:14:57 +1300
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 06:50:53PM -0800, Ilya, Game Commandos wrote:
> 
> I just think that, on the whole, the community would gain from a
> substantial swerve towards these unrestricted code bases.  When
> I've got it all written out, if some remain interested, I'll post the reasons
> I've come up with.

I'd be interested to read them, as my personal feelings lean not 
towards stopping people making money, but definately towards encouraging
people to put improvements back into the community. I feel that once
money making gets involved, it acts as a disincentive to share.

When I write code, I'd feel somewhat "used" if someone snapped it up
and used it to make themselves rich (like that's going to happen :) )
without putting anything back.

Although I guess this is more of an open source/closed source issue
than a free/commercial issue.

- Colin



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