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They think that if they share it / sell out that it will be somehow changed or diluted and ultimately lost? That is probably 100% correct. This is the first def
by nthcolumn 9y ago
They think that if they share it / sell out that it will be somehow changed or diluted and ultimately lost? That is probably 100% correct. This is the first defensible argument for closed source I have ever heard. I came to say I was surprised the company used the the term 'Indian' taco but maybe that is better than say 'Navajo-style' taco which might just become Navajo-taco. The term 'Indian' is not useful generally. That taco looks so tasty.
- williamstein 9y agoYes, if you try to see things from their perspective, regarding how they have been treated over the centuries, it makes sense. Regarding closed source -- my wife is teaching a class on indigenous intellectual property in the iSchool at Univ of Washington right now, and it is mostly about protecting traditional knowledge from exploitation. A lot of what she says and her perspectives takes me a while to process, since I'm a big open source software advocate (e.g., I founded SageMath).