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Duncan Booth
duncan.booth at invalid.invalid
Fri Aug 11 10:59:36 EDT 2006
Fuzzyman wrote:
> Tim Chase wrote:
> [snip....]
>> However, it's better to have a good relationship with your
>> customers and know that they will adhere to licensing conditions,
>> rather than to try and strong-arm them into behaving a particular
>> way.
>>
>
> Don't forget that distributing your source code is more of a gift to
> your competitors (and potential competitors) than it is to your
> customers...
>
I believe Eric Raymond has argued that if your competitors are spending
their time trying to work out how to adapt to using your software, that is
time they aren't spending competing with you. So long as you make regular
releases of your software you can ensure that they are always at least one
step behind you.
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