morality != religion and doing OSS != OSS company

[Lloyd Budd]

On 22-May-04, at 19:14, Henry Spencer wrote:

> On Sat, 22 May 2004, Lloyd Budd wrote:
>>>>> IBM does not feel morally driven to OSS , it is strictly a
>>>>> profitability equation .
>>>> This is good, actually.  Religious fervor usually fades, while
>>>> profitability is persistent.
>>> Very, very true.
>>
>> ...I hope neither of you are equating morality to religion .
>
> Seen from a distance, the two can be hard to tell apart.  Nor is there
> consensus on where one ends and the other begins.

Your response seems to be misdirection .  I am starting to think
so was your previous response . I do not see why you think
"this is good" , nor what "religious fervor fading" has to do with
IBM not feelmorally driven to OSS .

I was not and am not suggesting that them not being OSS morally
driven is a bad thing , but I am suggesting that is what I would
see as a condition of a OSS company .  At least one other
condition I would suggest is being an active partner in patent
reform , and more generally IP law .

I think another condition is not being partners with enemies of
OSS .

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