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My reading of their PoV is more one against IP itself as a concept, and by proxy, licensing software as a concept. In that case, GPL is interesting since the st
by jchw 5y ago
My reading of their PoV is more one against IP itself as a concept, and by proxy, licensing software as a concept. In that case, GPL is interesting since the stated goal of copyleft is to basically use the copyright and IP law system against itself.
While I don’t personally subscribe to IP anarchy, and I think that it is not being conveyed with an ideal level of tact, I do think it makes mostly logical sense.
Deep down, from a purely ideological standpoint, most computer science minded people can probably understand IP anarchy. It’s sort of the other side of the “what color are your bits?” post. I still think the world is better off with some forms of IP, even if we’re all well-aware that the copyright and patent laws have been perverted in most places.