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There's an excellent article that I've read multiple times about this exact idea called "What Colour are your bits". It's written in response to a company that

There's an excellent article that I've read multiple times about this exact idea called "What Colour are your bits". It's written in response to a company that tried to get around the legal system by pretending that intentions don't matter. https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23 https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23

drc500free 4y ago
That was great! A lot of the conversations I've had about this involve licensing, especially mixing things developed for the government and things developed independently. I once answered a question with "the answer to that question just changed because a room full of people heard you ask it." That is very disconcerting to computer scientists, but not to particle physicists.