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I understand the passion behind the free software notion, however, +</I>><i> in the very field of MMORPG, the inability to protect your rules - +</I>><i> the spirit of your game - leaves the opportunity to a greater +</I>><i> company, if they happen to be popular, to deprive you of the pleasure +</I>><i> of running your game by draining your playerbase by using its marketing +</I>><i> power. You then end up with the opposite of the reason why you thrive +</I>><i> for free software: people make profit over your ideas because of their +</I>><i> mere initial wealth. +</I> +I think u just point out here the Open Source Concept as one +of the biggest joke of the end of twentieth century . + +Software code in itself is not that important thing when GPL is concerned, +and beeing able to read it and extract the major concepts of a software is +the great thing : u always proceed with reverse engineering , - the ever +coming question how do they do that - even when using software like ... +those which don't provide source code . + +That's why GPL is a bad trick to minor companies and therefore for individuals : +releasing code shows the overall software architecture , may let u get insights +about hardcore coded sections and definitively unprotects the source providers . + +Good and Exceptionnal concepts are quickly analysed (you always need to understand +the philosophy that drives a software architecture to be able to use it) +So major companies will reuse GPLed code that much faster than minor entities +- as far as software production is concerned - +I think that instead of promoting talents ,GPL comes with a global leverage tendance . + +The company I work for prohibits the reuse of GPL code and tends to minimize +the usage of LGPL ed source code : no need to ask a lawyer why , everybody +will laugh at u if u ask and I think the boss is right here . +Great support is provided to software users , but anyway , any reliable company +protects its sources ( Nevrax Executives don ot read that ). Please note +that I'm in no way related to MS . +Isn't GPL the biggest break to creativity we ever seen since communism died +out of realism ? + +Would GPL minds expect great french wine caves to make their 'elevage' +methods publically available - I love great wines - , but who ever thought +that we would get better wine through that way , that's not a reliable way of +thinking and only fools rush in . + + +I don't want to minimize the brightness of people who go promoting the GPL concept , +(I 've the reputation to use my mind in very efficient ways though ) , but +since I'm tightened to realism in my comapany , I totally agree with GPL detractors . +Privacy is definitively needed or the world dies out of any will . + +I realize i might be removed from the list after that , +but I don't think it will happen . + +Back to development and implementation , lots of to do ahead (I wouldn't be there if not) + +Stephane Craux +<A HREF="mailto:Stephane.Craux@voila.fr">Stephane.Craux@voila.fr</A> +__________________________________________________ +Voila vous propose une boite aux lettres gratuite sur Voila Mail: +<A HREF="http://mail.voila.fr">http://mail.voila.fr</A> + + + + +</pre> + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI> Previous message: <A HREF="000450.html">[Nel] Game Rules</A></li> + <LI> Next message: <A HREF="000451.html">[Nel] Congratulations + concerns</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#447">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#447">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#447">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#447">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> +</body></html> |