On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Eric Wilhelm <enoba...@gmail.com> wrote:
Because if you don't publish your work, you aren't doing science? The > proprietary model works by putting the smallest saleable innovation in > an opaque box by itself and collecting rent. If there were a viable > model somewhere between that and "completely free", software would be > much better off and we wouldn't need to be asked about all of these > warm and fuzzy reasons for showing our work. > my contributions CPAN are there to give free samples of what I can do; they function as an artisan's portfolio. Their existence gives some gravitas to my professional statements on things perly. And, the occasional notice that some have been reused is thrilling; especially bug reports and contributed fixes.
