| reply to cpuffer
let's not forget...... ...about businesses.
those companies using work software written by their own programmers using open source.
if it can only be used on the machine it's written on and cannot be shared (Via a server) wouldn't each workstation using said LEGALLY created software be counted as a single offense against the company?
as it's worded now it would be. to put this into perspective, the company you work for creates an accounting software for the company... say it's an accounting firm.
because it's written in open source (to be easily changed and modified at a later time if/when needed) each computer in the accounting firm with that software is held accountable for a fine.
that means that we can no longer write our own software for home use and business costs are going to shoot very high (and your job as a programmer will no longer be needed)
long term thoughts?
programmers will all be scrambling for jobs at programming firms rather than working freelance taking huge cuts in their salaries, the market will be flooded with highly technical people with no market for them, programming companies can lower what they're willing to pay their employees and thus we have a mini "programmer recession"
this may seem a bit cynnical I agree, but in the long term isn't that what happened in Michigan when Ford started moving plants to Mexico? what happens when thousands of people are laid-off (read: fired) add that to our already unstable stock market and you then have......
I don't think it's too far fetched to think about that.
and you may also think that companies won't worry about it since it's all in-house, well how about crushing your competitor by finding that they use open source programs, reporting them to whoever, and then that company fining the smaller company into the ground.
so we make it EASIER for companies (that fill the political types pockets) to form illegal monopolies.... is it just me here or does anyone else have the same worries/thoughts? |
