'GPL encumbrance problems'

[Mike McCarty]

David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud) wrote:
> mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> 
>> I don't "hope to extract money" from people, and object to the use
>> of the term wrt me. 
> 
> 
> Mike, I'm an unabashed capitalist.  I look at it as businesses extract 

So am I. But the word "extract" really implies force is involved.
The denotation may simply be "to remove from something", but the
connotation is as important. The first definition in my dictionary
is "ex.tract (ik.strakt') v.t. 1. to draw out by force."

[snip]

> brought back both the customer and his friends, family, etc.  Funny 
> thing is that people who use expressions like "...hope to extract 
> money..." pejoratively seem to focus strictly on the movement of the 
> money and not on the goods or services that the customer gets in return.

As I said, business transactions *should* be friendly acts.

Mike
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