From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 1:44:14 AM UTC+8, wolfgang kern wrote:   
      
   > > When did I ever say anything otherwise?   
      
   > So you're fine when someone gains money by selling your OS ?   
      
   Yep. I believe in capitalism/free market.   
      
   Unlike some commie scumbags above.   
      
   If someone can make some money from selling my OS   
   (changed or unchanged), when the buyer could have got   
   it for free (at least the unchanged version), they have   
   added some value. Even if that value is just making   
   someone aware that this body of software exists.   
      
   > > I explained why I made my stuff public domain, and then    
   > > responded to anyone who attempted to say that public    
   > > domain was inferior.   
      
   > sharing is a nice thing (clerics and communist were pleased),    
      
   That's another thing I am addressing.   
      
   Communists are very good at the "to each according to   
   their need" (and they always "need" a lot), but when it   
   comes to "from each according to their ability", they all   
   suddenly have sore backs.   
      
   Now that PDOS exists I can point them to it and say "ok,   
   you love communism - what can you contribute according   
   to your ability - documentation? testing?".   
      
   Of course they're not going to contribute anything.   
      
   I just want to show them up for being slimebag commies.   
      
   You don't need to vote for a communist government.   
   If you want to give according to your ability you can   
   do it just fine under capitalism - demonstrably.   
      
   > but our world is a place for the greedy, not for philanthropist.    
      
   Sure.   
      
   So the greedy (it's not really greed - it's a market opportunity -   
   why is making a living "greed"?) can sell PDOS.   
      
   And the commies can improve PDOS for free. Or rather,   
   be called out for not doing that.   
      
   Both things sound great to me.   
      
   Being extorted by monopolies is not great. Monopolies   
   naturally arise in capitalism and are a known problem.   
   Normally the government steps in. But in the case of   
   IBM and Microsoft that is apparently too difficult.   
      
   So - I made a reasonable attempt to challenge them   
   myself. Both of those major APIs have a PDOS flavor.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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