From: tmoran@acm.org
Subject: Re: and visual library once again
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:16:29 -0500
Date: 2005-10-25T17:16:29-05:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: EVw7f.149110$dP1.507045@newsc.telia.net
> > The economists point out that to the extent programs are "public goods"
> ...
> You also spoke of programs that are "public goods". As
> you wrote that in response to Steve's words about GPL'd programs, you
> obviously meant "public goods" to mean free software.
"Public goods" is a technical economics term, not a reference
to GPL or "Free software". From "Principles of Economics" by Ruffin and
Gregory: "Public goods are characterized by nonrival consumption and
nonexclusion." My use of a program does not detract from your ability
to use it (nonrivalrous), and it is relatively difficult to exclude
"free riders" from use of the program without paying for it
(nonexclusion).
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Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-20 17:29 and visual library once again Szymon Guz
2005-10-20 18:38 ` Pascal Obry
2005-10-20 21:01 ` Szymon Guz
2005-10-20 21:04 ` Pascal Obry
2005-10-20 21:09 ` Szymon Guz
2005-10-20 21:21 ` Pascal Obry
2005-10-21 2:19 ` Steve Whalen
2005-10-21 3:08 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-10-21 7:52 ` Szymon Guz
2005-10-21 13:48 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-10-21 10:43 ` Steve Whalen
2005-10-21 13:50 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-10-21 13:54 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-10-21 16:29 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-10-21 18:19 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-10-25 22:01 ` Björn Persson
2005-10-21 4:02 ` tmoran
2005-10-21 6:54 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-10-22 5:38 ` tmoran
2005-10-23 2:42 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-10-21 9:58 ` Steve Whalen
2005-10-21 14:55 ` Bob Spooner
2005-10-21 16:51 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-10-21 22:01 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2005-10-23 6:31 ` Steve Whalen
2005-10-23 11:27 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2005-10-23 21:41 ` Steve Whalen
2005-10-24 3:14 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2005-10-24 12:52 ` Bob Spooner
2005-10-25 7:23 ` Steve Whalen
2005-10-25 14:20 ` Bob Spooner
2005-10-21 17:01 ` Björn Persson
2005-10-22 5:38 ` tmoran
2005-10-25 20:51 ` Björn Persson
2005-10-25 22:16 ` tmoran [this message]
2005-10-25 23:14 ` Björn Persson
2005-10-26 0:14 ` tmoran
2005-10-26 22:11 ` Björn Persson
2005-10-26 23:46 ` OT: was " tmoran
2005-10-27 23:40 ` Björn Persson
2005-10-28 2:30 ` tmoran
2005-10-30 0:20 ` Björn Persson
2005-10-21 7:00 ` Martin Dowie
2005-10-21 14:18 ` Marc A. Criley
2005-10-21 15:53 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-10-21 18:14 ` Marc A. Criley
2005-10-21 18:52 ` Martin Dowie
2005-10-21 18:26 ` Simon Wright
2005-10-21 20:11 ` Szymon Guz
2005-10-21 20:47 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-10-22 5:38 ` tmoran
2005-10-22 12:06 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-10-23 2:41 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-10-23 6:35 ` tmoran
2005-10-23 6:49 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-10-22 7:56 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-10-23 2:32 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-10-23 8:43 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-10-23 5:34 ` Steve Whalen
2005-10-23 6:14 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-10-23 7:39 ` Steve Whalen
2005-10-23 9:31 ` Hyman Rosen
2005-10-24 12:56 ` Bob Spooner
2005-10-24 13:08 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-10-23 3:44 ` Steve
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