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True. IMHO IP law is based on a moral and not a utilitarian basis, and as we know from almost all recent FLOSS projects especially in Cloud (Linux, Kubernetes,
by pojntfx 6y ago
True. IMHO IP law is based on a moral and not a utilitarian basis, and as we know from almost all recent FLOSS projects especially in Cloud (Linux, Kubernetes, ...) IP is just a massive hindrance to productivity and has a net negative effect on the industry.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoThe US Constitution explicitly cites utilitarian goals in the Copyright Clause.
- teddyh 6y agoTrue, but that motivation was based on assumptions which are no longer true. Things no longer take effort to copy, and information can flow across the world in an instant. There is no longer any need to encourage copyright in order to get better information from foreign countries.
- pojntfx 6y agoSure! But the US Constitution wasn't written in a time where software was a thing, right?