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Randy Brukardt wrote:
> It's this argument that tars "open source" with the "communist" label (since
> that is the only way to decouple means of support from the act of creating
> software). And, in any case, it's unrealistic. I don't see any intrinsic
> reason that "open source" has to be incompatible with capitalism, but it's
> quite important that the creators get some of the rewards. In the current
> world, it is the leeches of the world (marketers, lawyers, etc.) that get
> most of the money; the creators get little of it.

This argument is so true, that I ended up marrying a Chartered Marketer! :-)

-- Martin