Originally Posted by Eglaelin

Namaste,



Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. Yes, these things are cheap. Your right I am poor and I can't afford the expensive tools that others have decided are worth more than I make in a month. However, there are those who have decided that the current system is heading us towards the destruction of human creation because companies and people are starting to copyright and patent everything including core principles. Since I posted this thread I have become a proponent of open source and creative commons. I simply find it interesting that people, such as you, are willing to justify anything in the name of profit, greed and wealth. I never said that artist and creators shouldn't be rewarded. I said that the high cost of software is driving away competition and innovation from society. Are you aware that any book on computer and/or software is going to be more expensive than another book of the same caliber? This has nothing to do with rewarding creative work and everything to do with excessive profit.

I will choose not to buy a thousand dollar copy of software and instead decide to feed my children. I want to make non-violent and educational programs for people. If I have to use an illegal copy of software in order to do that work then so be it. I, of course, will choose to use open-source information whenever possible but if I need such software then I will obtain it.

In Peace,
Eglaelin