[tlug] Re: [OT] Say _no_ to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

Gernot Hassenpflug writes:

 > On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:46:33 +0900 I received from Darren Cook:
 > 
 > >> How do you convince developers that giving others the right to close the
 > >> code they took so much time to write is a benefit ?
 > 
 > >Because it attracts more users and developers, and the altruistic ones
 > >will outnumber the selfish ones.
 > 
 > Personally I don't buy that argument, but I won't deny that is a
 > valid "reason" either.

And you shouldn't.  Any real argument for permissive licensing needs
to flow from the benefits produced by the "selfish" licensees.