3 ms·
I'm beginning to think that all the talk from GPLers that isn't "there shouldn't be any intellectual property of any kind" is just a smokescreen. Really the who
by Nomentatus 10y ago
I'm beginning to think that all the talk from GPLers that isn't "there shouldn't be any intellectual property of any kind" is just a smokescreen. Really the whole point is that patents shouldn't exist, copyrights shouldn't exist, and maybe money should be abolished at the same time. See "economic history" for the rejoinder.
- belorn 10y agoIn the same way that a non-profit organization can still use money and sell t-shirts, so will GPL use concepts like copyright to achive their own goal. Of course, the purpose of non-profit is not to earn profit, and similar the goal of GPL is not to maximize copyright.
- Nomentatus 10y agoNot a disagreement. Your statement is also consistent with the real aim being abolishing IP altogether - if so, maybe the T-Shirts should say that. Of course, this discussion is a small sample size, and I don't doubt that those with the most extreme views are also more motivated to share them. (If that isn't "Somebody's Law", it probably should be.) So for now I'll assume GPLers are not Levelers.