Re: [Marxism] Socialism and free software

[David Picón Álvarez <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Louis Proyect" <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>
> The problem with the computer industry under capitalism - Free Software
> the answer?

Thanks, the article is a good intro for people who don't know about free 
software. An interesting point, though, is that even in the best of cases, 
free software under the GPL, in effect the work produced by individuals is 
often exploited by for-profit companies, while they don't get any 
compensation. While I agree that so-called intellectual property doesn't 
make sense when copies can be produced at near-zero marginal cost, I don't 
agree that the value created by people working on free software projects 
should be exploited by the bourgeoisie (IBM, Oracle, HP). In a sense, this 
seems to be a retrogression from capitalist production, in which at least 
the worker gets part of the value he produces.

--David.

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