>but a question for doug: how do you see 'profit maximization' playing out
>in the case of OS/FS?
I see a contradiction possibly developing between what you described as
>its basic proposition--to minimally, organize, collate,
>refine, and resell the fruits of workers who are in large part ide-
>ologically motivated to make the fruits of their labors available
>for free to all comers
and the fact that some people will be making money out of this. If some people appropriate the "passionate labor" of others and commodify it, then the passionate laborers will see their ardor dim, and the spontaneity, solidarity, and trust will too. I think it's very difficult to be half in and half out of the competitive market system. Maybe I'm wrong.
Doug