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> How happy would you be if you were an engineer who developed a set of equations ... Then the state government comes along and says "nice work, now it's the la
by shawnz 5y ago
> How happy would you be if you were an engineer who developed a set of equations ... Then the state government comes along and says "nice work, now it's the law".
Personally, I'd be ecstatic if my work could have such a wide reaching impact as that
- criddell 5y agoI get that, but surely you understand how others might be upset at effectively losing the copyright on their work.
- alasdair_ 5y agoYou can’t copyright equations to begin with so this wouldn’t be an issue.
- elliekelly 5y agoThe organizations don’t write model code because they want to own the copyright they write model code so they, an unelected entity, can exercise an inordinate amount of power over legislation and draft regulations that further the business interests and line the pockets of their members. Even without copyright protection the special interest groups will continue writing model code exactly as they were except that member corps might have to kick in a bit more money now that ordinary citizens won’t be subsidizing their efforts to manipulate the democratic process.
- gaganyaan 5y agoSimple, then don't have that work be part of enforceable code.