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> It's still artificial scarcity. Unlike real swords, forging bits into magic swords requires no real work and requires no raw materials. I can make hundreds of
by joewadcan 5y ago
> It's still artificial scarcity. Unlike real swords, forging bits into magic swords requires no real work and requires no raw materials. I can make hundreds of similar digital magic swords with little effort, so there is no real scarcity.
Yes, it's intentional scarcity. Why is it assumed that's a bad thing? When we license our code, there's a choice to limit it's use or not (intentional scarcity). The same concept hasn't been available for millions of creative professions in the online world (unless you go through a expensive middleman to manage rights).
- thesuperbigfrog 5y ago>> Yes, it's intentional scarcity. Why is it assumed that's a bad thing? Artificial scarcity is not necessarily bad, but it is not realistic on its own. The amount of piracy on the Internet shows that artificial scarity alone is insufficient. >> When we license our code, there's a choice to limit it's use or not Yes and the choice to impose artifical scarcity or not impacts how widely the code is used. Code released under unrestricted licenses is more widely used than artifically restricted code.
- joewadcan 5y agoYup agreed all around. How nice :)