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Swedish ISP Blocks Computers That Send Spam
snuppepuppan writes "One of Sweden's largest ISPs, Telia starts to block computers that send spam. 'The computers that Telia will block are primarily those that have been infected with "trojans" which are being used, without the customer's knowledge, to send enormous amounts of spam.'"
It's not an earthshaking loss to give up the Intellectual Property claim on one days work, or even a few days on a small project.
But to lose all possibility of future profit from a major project because as soon as you are done, it essentially becomes public domain is insanity.
How many Linux titles (apps, not OS) do you see on sale at your friendly neighborhood computer store?
None. Because everything ends up free to download.
Now imagine the entire software industry if this were the case. Heck, even the hardware companies would be screwed if their code was GPLd.
Profit is not evil, nor is protection of IP.