"John Doty" whispertel.LoseTheH.net> wrote in message
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This isn't an area where I have any experience. I wasn't actually arguing
against code sharing I was questioning how and why it works. For hobbiests,
there is peer recognition and the obvious saving of not having to reinvent
the wheel. The latter is a possible motive for businesses to participate,
but there are costs and risks involved. How much of the copyleft c/c++ code
for eg. has businesses as the proprietor? How much is individuals and to
what extend did those individuals have the right to release it? Is
software sharing like music sharing where the people doing the sharing are
not the creators or copyright owners?

In any event, what has the source language got to do with it? You seem to
be critical of the Forth community for not sharing. What is unique about
Forth that would discourage sharing?

Bob