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  • mijn naam
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    Re: help - save me

    "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attg lobal.netschree f in bericht
    news:gbgecb$c88 $1@registered.m otzarella.org.. .
    If the code is worth more than $600 per year, why WOULDN'T you want to pay
    to protect it?
    You probably think you are very smart but you are the one spending 600 a
    year to protect code worth 601, leaving 1 for you and 600 for the other guy.

    Goodbye.

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    • Jerry Stuckle
      #2
      Re: help - save me

      mijn naam wrote:
      "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attg lobal.netschree f in bericht
      news:gbgecb$c88 $1@registered.m otzarella.org.. .
      >
      >If the code is worth more than $600 per year, why WOULDN'T you want to
      >pay to protect it?
      >
      You probably think you are very smart but you are the one spending 600 a
      year to protect code worth 601, leaving 1 for you and 600 for the other
      guy.
      >
      Goodbye.
      >
      >
      $1 is still better than $0.

      But in that case I probably wouldn't even bother writing the code.
      That's less than one day at my regular rates, and probably not worth
      protecting, anyway.

      And yes, "the other guy" deserves the 600. It cost Zend a lot more than
      that to develop their obfusticator. Or do you think are the only one
      who should be paid a fair price for your code?

      --
      =============== ===
      Remove the "x" from my email address
      Jerry Stuckle
      JDS Computer Training Corp.
      jstucklex@attgl obal.net
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        • r0g
          #3
          Re: help - save me

          mijn naam wrote:
          "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attg lobal.netschree f in bericht
          news:gbgecb$c88 $1@registered.m otzarella.org.. .
          >
          >If the code is worth more than $600 per year, why WOULDN'T you want to
          >pay to protect it?
          >
          You probably think you are very smart but you are the one spending 600 a
          year to protect code worth 601, leaving 1 for you and 600 for the other
          guy.
          >
          Goodbye.
          >
          I see how that may burn but what do you expect for free???

          Generally people write open source because they like the idea of free
          software (in both senses). Now why do you think any of those good and
          generous people would spend their spare time writing software to help
          protect other peoples commercial, effectively CLOSED SOURCE SOFTWARE!?

          It's not going to happen is it?

          Roger.

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            • mijn naam
              #4
              Re: help - save me

              "r0g" <aioe.org@techn icalbloke.comsc hreef in bericht
              news:gbjn66$kpp $1@aioe.org...
              mijn naam wrote:
              >"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attg lobal.netschree f in bericht
              >news:gbgecb$c8 8$1@registered. motzarella.org. ..
              >>
              >>If the code is worth more than $600 per year, why WOULDN'T you want to
              >>pay to protect it?
              >>
              >You probably think you are very smart but you are the one spending 600 a
              >year to protect code worth 601, leaving 1 for you and 600 for the other
              >guy.
              >>
              >Goodbye.
              >>
              >
              I see how that may burn but what do you expect for free???
              First of all: I'm not expecting anything. As said before: I'm looking at
              this from the OP's perspective.

              Second: I still feel comments like 'If the code you want to protect is worth
              less than $600 a year, why
              bother to protect it?' and 'Why shouldn't YOU pay for someone else's code
              ....' aren't fair. Perhaps the OP isn't able to pay $600 and perhaps he
              could afford $100 *and* accept a lower quality. Nobody asked, did you?

              I can think of reasons to protect code even if one is not making a single
              penny from it. I (and probably you too) may not agree that this is
              appropriate but some people still believe in security through obscurity. Or
              one may not want large software companies in Redmond to be able to view
              their code (although I believe they will if they want, because they still
              can should they want which they won't.)
              Generally people write open source because they like the idea of free
              software (in both senses).
              Where did I ask for open source software? I claimed that competition would
              probably result in a lower price. How do you end up at open source from
              'lower price' ?


              But all this discussion is moot, per your answer in
              news:gbhsqp$b94 $1@aioe.org

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