The Simple Economics of Open Source

[Robin Becker]

In article <3906D242.EB68BFED at zipzap.ch>, Boris Borcic <zorro at zipzap.ch>
writes
>Robin Becker wrote:
>> 
>> I'm afraid your desire for a better world reduces your altruism
>> quotient.
>> Doing it because it helps others is altruism, doing it to help your self
>> and or relatives isn't really.
>
>This comment can be made irrefutable, provided you *define* "self
>and relatives" as the beneficiaries of ("pseudo") altruism.
>
>Reciprocally, altruism may be defined as the action of paradoxical
>definitions of self. Paradoxical - means it conflicts with the
>choices that follow from other, more common, definitions of self,
>that make the term "selfish" determinate.
>
>Language that postulates a unique applicable definition of self
>from the start, is thus inadequate to an enlightened discussion
>of altruism, imho.
>
>BB
>--
>"I think as I think, therefore I am who I am"

wow :)
-- 
Robin Becker