Re: Design principles and ethics

[Bas Wijnen]

On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 08:21:17PM +0200, Pierre THIERRY wrote:
> Scribit Bas Wijnen dies 03/05/2006 hora 19:50:
> > > And do you know what the side-effects are?
> > No. I suppose the rich were getting richer on the expense of the poor?
> 
> An author could only hope being paid when ordered a work. The only real
> way to earn a living as an author was to be under the protection of a
> patron.

Ok, but now we have contracts and laws governing them. :-)  If we sign a
contract that you write something for me and in return I give you money, then
you have very effective ways to make sure I do indeed pay that money once
you've written it.

I'm not saying this is "the" solution to the copyright problem.  I don't have
that solution.  But at least this problem wouldn't exist anymore nowadays.

Thanks,
Bas

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