> > "why would you want to create something that someone else has
> already
> > written?"
> This is a question you could ask anyone on kernel.org,
> gnokii.org and a lot of guys having a project listed
> on sourceforge.net.
> It looks they work against the rules of economy.
They're not crackers. They're just guys who have nothing better to do or
want something put on their resume, or have the Star Trek belief that we
exist to create something better for the community.
Crackers don't have such motivations. They're not out to change the world.
They exist to live through the next day, not reshape the world by recreating
an operating system.
Also, if you asked people on kernel.org why they're creating something that
someone else has already written, they would probably tell you that they're
recreating an operating system because the existing ones (Microsoft, Sun)
are not free. The fact that they would want to work for free dictates that
they work against the rules of economy. Economy is about MONEY, not the
idealistic notion that software should be free.
Open source projects are people who encourages free software. Crackers
are people who discourages commercial software. Both want software to be
free, but one sees the glass half-full while the other sees it half-empty.
The only difference is that one thinks economically (crackers) while the
other thinks philosophically (kernel.org).
> ..while crackers do fit into the picture of
> a money driven world.
> Just like thieves that existed since the day
> someone claimed to be the owner of something.
I disagree with the statement that crackers are like thieves. The
difference between a pirate and a bootlegger is that a bootlegger makes
money selling pirated stuff. Pirates just distribute the stuff for free.
I personally don't believe the idea that pirates are thieves. I believe
bootleggers are thieves, because they profit from someone else's work.
Pirates, on the other hand, don't make any money from what they do.
While its probably true that companies could increase their profits if there
were less piracy, to say that pirates steal their money is like saying my
broker stole my money because he gave me bad advice to buy a particular
stock-- i.e. I could've increased my profits if my broker isn't there.
That's just counting your chickens before they hatch. E.g. you didn't
let me buy that lottery ticket, therefore you just stole 2 million dollars
from me because if I had bought that ticket, I would've won 2 million
dollars. This is what corporations who want to fatten their wallets want
you to believe, but the idea is unsound and illogical.
Herry
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