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He's right. The entire premise of open source licensing is that the work is copyrightable, so it uses the copyright system to enforce the authors distribution r
by tylersmith 6y ago
He's right. The entire premise of open source licensing is that the work is copyrightable, so it uses the copyright system to enforce the authors distribution requirements.
- penteract 6y agoIt still seems like an overstatement to argue that use of open source licenses indicates a belief that method declarations are copyrightable.
- nitrogen 6y agoOpen source licenses have often included terms that were for other jurisdictions, or because the status of something is actually unknown, or just in case some future law changed the accepted belief.
- carapace 6y agoI don't have to believe in Santa Claus to appreciate Christmas presents. I don't believe that software should be subject to copyright so I put the GPL on my code to protect it from those that do. Fight fire with fire, eh?
- TheFlyingFish 6y agoThe GPL, in particular, goes further than just refusing to exercise your copyright over a piece of software. The GPL restricts the usage of your software, most notably by forbidding its use as part of any proprietary software. Without copyright no one would have to respect that restriction. The situation you are describing is closer to a project with an "unlicense," e.g. SQLite, which explicitly makes the project public-domain and places no restrictions whatsoever on its use.