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> Probably most people on HN are employed in producing protected intellectual property in some way. I don't think most people on HN even believe in intellectua
by jMyles 7y ago
> Probably most people on HN are employed in producing protected intellectual property in some way.
I don't think most people on HN even believe in intellectual property conceptually, much less view their activities through that lens.
I develop software, and that software has a license (mostly AGPLv3 at this point) because I live in the real world. But it's nobody's property; it's just math.
- Robotbeat 7y agoOkay, and the companies that might utilize the space station also have to exist in the real world.
- inflatableDodo 7y agoNot if you register one while you are up there.
- jMyles 7y agoMaybe I'm just missing your line of reasoning here. I thought you were saying that you expected people on HN to rush to the defense of intellectual property as a viable abstraction for understanding (for example) software or research. Do I have it wrong? Yes, companies exist in the real world. The real world is full of open source. And full of companies that produce open source material and don't regard it as "intellectual property" except insofar as to license it to protect themselves and their users/readers/customers.
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