GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)

[Jim Choate]

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> From: Matthew James Gering <mgering at ecosystems.net>
> Subject: RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:15:18 -0700 

> Show me an example of an unregulated coercive monopoly whose source of
> monopoly power is not ultimately the government.

The Mafia. The handful of world-class coke dealers. Your local church.


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