[103711] in Cypherpunks
RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Fri Oct 2 02:07:42 1998
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 22:33:24 -0700
To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>,
cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
In-Reply-To: <199810012235.RAA21520@einstein.ssz.com>
Reply-To: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
> > Show me an example of an unregulated coercive monopoly
> > whose source of monopoly power is not ultimately the
> > government.
At 05:35 PM 10/1/98 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
> The Mafia. The handful of world-class coke dealers. Your
> local church
In america the various mafias get plently of competition,
mostly by means short of actual warfare. Coke is a free
market except for police intervention, and the local church
is most certainly not a monopoly.
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