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Sunday, December 22, 2002
OK, so my system is unrealistic and utopian and the system as well as my moral authority to propose one has been subject to criticism from names that span the alphabet, from Alix to Zytka. There is however an alternative: The Open Source Movement. The most famous progeny of this system is the Linux operating system founded by Linus Thorwald. Lest it be construed that this system is confined to software let me put forth an example from one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Ben Franklin.
In describing his invention, the Franklin stove, Franklin wrote:
"Gov'r. Thomas was so pleas'd with the construction of this stove, as described in it, that he offered to give me a patent for the sole vending of them for a term of years; but I declin'd it from a principle which has ever weighed with me on such occasions, viz., That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously."
Arif 10:12 PM
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