On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com>: > >> On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 6:59 AM, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: >>> So those with the most money can buy the most protection? >> >> Yes, or more specifically, those who believe they can make the most >> money from that protection. Ownership becomes pay-to-win, literally. > > In the words of Scrooge McDuck: > > <URL: https://i.stack.imgur.com/rMeiB.png> > > > But guys, surely you are familiar with the exponential function: > > * Everybody can afford a year for $1.
$1 per what, though? According to GitHub, I have 157 repositories. Is that 157 separate things that cost $1 for a single year of protection? Or do I pay per file of source code? > * Every worthwhile creation is worth $1,000 for ten years. Not true by a long shot, and if you don't believe me, you can pay me $1000 right now for ten years' use of any of my free software. > * And if Disney can pay the fee for Mickey Mouse for fifty years, the > United States Government can quit all taxation, pay off the national > debt and buy every American a luxury yacht and a private island in > the Caribbean. And if you think that Disney would actually let it compound according to your theoretical definition, you're a dupe AND a fool. They'd figure out some way to reset the counter every five years. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list