We want the same ethic in software, we used to have it. Now our art is becoming the province of lawyers and profiteers like Bezos. Bezos is especially horrific because he uses his patents as a competitive weapon. The invasion of a new kind of monster. Driven by greed, he destroys the best hope of freedom for mankind.
Naive author walks into a hornet's nest.
Copyright 1994-2001 Dave Winer . It's even worse than it appears.