[linux-audio-dev] Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do *you* stand?

[Lee Revell]

On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 22:53 +0100, Björn Lindström wrote:
> Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com>:
> 
> > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 22:28 +0100, Björn Lindström wrote:
> >> In so far as moral can be applied here, restricting people from
> >> tinkering with the software they run is immoral, since it diminishes
> >> their freedom. 
> >
> > By this logic, locking my doors is immoral because it diminishes
> > people's freedom to roam around my house.
> 
> No.
> 
> It is the of refusing others their freedom when it would have no cost
> to you is what is immoral.
> 

Depending on how much more advanced your application is than that of
your competition, open sourcing an app could have huge costs.

> (I'm not counting the hypothetical cost of lost sales of copyright
> licenses, which as I pointed out are an arbitrary monopoly, not a
> moral right.)
> 
>