Comment Re:Instant Cut Priveleges (Score 4, Informative) 256
4) Be a boobie-having female. Cut in front of a single guy, possibly after making eye contact and smiling slightly.
How would making your product open-source versus going the traditional patent route increase your sales? I understand that it helps to improve the product, but wouldn't this also allow other companies to sell the improved product as well?
A) He's not looking to increase sales. As has been noted here and elsewhere, Mitch doesn't do what he does to get rich. He works to support his activism pursuits, of which making people question their dependence on television is one.
2) He's using Creative Commons, which offers distinct licenses for free non-commercial use, hacking, and improvement vs. commercial use. I imagine he'll go that route in order to keep things free yet avoid commercial knockoffs.
It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.