The thing the programmer gets out of open source is a job as a consultant if he produces a useful product. There will always be those who want advice on how to make best use of an innovation.
Besides, it wouldnt be hard to make the case that today, to protect proprietary code will surely enrich the lawyers, but whether the crafter of that code would ultimately gain much by it remains a moot point. To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html