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The context is about licenses, and the correct answer is "do not use a license". It is an unethical, evil system, or else there is no such thing as "unethical"
by breck 6y ago
The context is about licenses, and the correct answer is
"do not use a license". It is an unethical, evil system, or else there is no such thing as "unethical" and "evil".
Does a carpenter make a family sign a license restricting
how they use their roof? No. Does a plumber get a license
dictating how the toilets may be used? No. Does a janitor
get license royalties after cleaning a room? No.
Here is big tech's dirty secret: the insane profits and
salaries are due to an unjust, unethical, unproductive
system of #ImaginaryProperty, enforced by violence.
In my experience most people on HN do not want to hear that.
They want to pretened that somehow the hours they spend in
the day are really 1,000x more productive than the average
Jim. But that's just not true. Tech gets unequal wages due
to important work but mostly bad laws.
As people wake up to this what you will start to realize is
that the biggest ideas, the ones that change the world, that
win in the hearts and minds of the people in the long run,
have no licenses. Licenses are for losers.
- saagarjha 6y agoAgain, that’s a valid viewpoint but it’s not really relevant to share here. It’s kind of showing up to a congressional discussion on whether the tax rate be 10% or 15% and proclaiming that governments should not exist and that anarchy is the way that we should be moving. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t have a place to discuss your views, but it would be better suited as a response to “ugh I just want everyone to be able to use my software without lawyers being involved” rather than a preexisting discussion of “which license should I choose”.
- breck 6y agoIf someone started a discussion with "which gas car should I choose?" I think it would be very helpful if someone pointed out—hey, did you know there's an option D: electric cars?