After reading the entire article, I suppose I agree with many of the points he makes regarding the impedement of growth, repair, and progress, even if not his ideas regarding the social ramifications of proprietary software (Which presents flawed comparisons, ignoring some alternatives which, to be fair, may not have existed when the article was originally written, and in the case of "betraying your neighbor", what seemed to be a poor grasp of the license agreement - "Use of One Copy in One Iteration" does not mean "Use by Buyer Only by this Sole Copy in Existence" - and the use of loaded words). In essence, this idea could well take off and work well, should the early period (Which would be very difficult, as it would remove a vital, booming economic sector and entail a serious backlash) be outlasted.
