On Monday, 11/09/2009 at 10:39 EST, Alan Cox <a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > > It is most unfortunate that people like yourself who want simply want to > > *learn* about System z for little or no cost are victimized by those who > > would take advantage of a more liberal licensing policy to use such a > > license for financial gain, and by those who don't respect our efforts and > > intellectual property. > > Fine words, beautifully crafted but I don't think people see a line of > pirates and exploiters queueing up to victimise him somehow.
I could have been more direct, I suppose, and have just said, "One bad banana spoils the whole bunch." My point was that the people who choose to abuse licensing, pricing, and intellectual property have effectively thrown a rotting carcass into the well and there are a lot of thirsty people around. We are, all of us, constantly victimized by people we've never met who won't THINK or who are selfish git. (The littany of mind-numbing Laws, Rules, and Regulations promulgated simply because of stupidity and greed is endless.) This is just yet another expression of the reality in which we find ourselves. :-( Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
