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I have enough of a model of people to understand why there's pushback but at the same time the leap from "asking for something" to "asking something for everyon

I have enough of a model of people to understand why there's pushback but at the same time the leap from "asking for something" to "asking something for everyone" doesn't seem like a big one. I also find it confusing how people can use clips from movies, songs etc. not in the public domain or use public domain works outright but not see how contributing to the commons benefits society. I appreciate your comment but my feeling is that a closer understanding is that the overton window is such that fair use, public domain and old work enriching the commons are so taken for granted that people have forgotten how important they are.

TFortunato 4y ago
> The leap from "asking for something" to "asking something for everyone" doesn't seem like a big one. Sorry to reply again, but this is quite surprising to me! I would feel very differently about an individual asking me for a copy of my work for personal use because they couldn't afford it / couldn't find a copy / wanted to learn from it, etc. vs. someone asking me to make my work freely available to all. Regardless of how you feel about the principals behind why someone should do that, I hope you see there are very real differences in what you are asking them to do.
sokoloff 4y ago
> the leap from "asking for something" to "asking something for everyone" doesn't seem like a big one. It seems like an enormous leap to me. Imagine I’ve been approached by someone asking for a free license to my software. They’re probably unlikely to pay me anything (whether unwilling or unable doesn’t matter), so my decision has a likely loss to me of $0 and I can decide if I like the proposed project enough to say “sure, why not?!” Contrast that with giving my software away to everyone, including people would would pay the money that I use to buy food and shelter.

TFortunato 4y ago

> The leap from "asking for something" to "asking something for everyone" doesn't seem like a big one. Sorry to reply again, but this is quite surprising to me! I would feel very differently about an individual asking me for a copy of my work for personal use because they couldn't afford it / couldn't find a copy / wanted to learn from it, etc. vs. someone asking me to make my work freely available to all. Regardless of how you feel about the principals behind why someone should do that, I hope you see there are very real differences in what you are asking them to do.

sokoloff 4y ago

> the leap from "asking for something" to "asking something for everyone" doesn't seem like a big one. It seems like an enormous leap to me. Imagine I’ve been approached by someone asking for a free license to my software. They’re probably unlikely to pay me anything (whether unwilling or unable doesn’t matter), so my decision has a likely loss to me of $0 and I can decide if I like the proposed project enough to say “sure, why not?!” Contrast that with giving my software away to everyone, including people would would pay the money that I use to buy food and shelter.