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> I'm in favor of retaining only a limited form of IP law, which makes it unlawful to misrepresent the origin of a work. There's a technical solution (crypto s
by randallsquared 7y ago
> I'm in favor of retaining only a limited form of IP law, which makes it unlawful to misrepresent the origin of a work.
There's a technical solution (crypto signing) to that which is applicable exactly to those people who care, so it seems unnecessary to have legal machinery to enforce it.
- breck 7y agoI think this is a very good point. With git and proof of work hash patterns, it becomes not only unwise to falsely try and take credit for someone else's work, but technically infeasible to do. It's also becomes quite easy to add references (did I forget something? -- send a pull request!).