Re:Protection rackets, money flow, and inflation (Score 1)

That is my point, ideally the community would take this on and share the expense. That is what insurance is. The trouble is, insurance is something you pay to gain the protection it affords. Kind of violates the "free" principle.

Conceptually it could be like real insurance, based upon the risk of a member needing its protection based upon a number of variables. Smaller companies would probably pay less with larger companies paying more in either expenses or contributions, i.e. patents contributed to the community.

Regardless, I do not know how to solve this. I just do not think that Novell is bad and should be expelled for working to protect their customers. Of course this helps them sell more but the alternative is customers thinking that they would be sued.