Free from control. Even if I created the software, it belongs to everyone. Calories Everything has been created by someone, whether alone, or in a group. The process of creation is by and large done by people thinking, designing, planning and implementing. Calories are spent thinking, designing, planning and implementing.
All durable goods are the result of the creative process.
It is from blueprints, specifications, information and control systems that durable goods are created. Whether someone creates something with a lathe and tool bit, hammer and chisel, paintbrush and canvas, pencil and paper, or with a keyboard and computer, they have invested calories and their own mind. If a software author does not have any inherent right to his own work, most certainly, nobody else can have any inherent right to his work. To get past this conundrum, this paradox, we are told that software should be as free as the air, or as free as such poetic things as sunshine, sunsets and butterflies. That we can all share the beauty of nature.