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RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Sun Oct 4 09:38:20 1998

From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 08:26:35 -0500 (CDT)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>

Forwarded message:

> From: "Brown, R Ken" <brownrk1@texaco.com>
> Subject: RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 05:28:08 -0500 

> I don't believe there are that many natural monopolies  Where there *are*
> natural monopolies it is because the entry cost is higher than any likely
> profit.

There are some additional issues involved other than start-up cost. Such
things as market saturation and information hording.


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