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People don't like being told no. The vast majority of all-rights-reserved content is either not licensable, or not licensable at a price that anyone would be w
by kmeisthax 4y ago
People don't like being told no.
The vast majority of all-rights-reserved content is either not licensable, or not licensable at a price that anyone would be willing to pay or can afford. Ergo we[0] would much rather see more opportunities to use the work without needing permission, because we will never have permission.
When getting permission is reasonable then people are willing to defend the system. And code is much more likely to be licensable than art.
I still think the "Copilot is GPL evasion" argument is bad, though.
[0] As in the average HN user
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 4y agoThat's a good way to look at it: The difference between "no" and "yes if XYZ." Maybe it's that people respect "yes if XYZ" more than "no" because there's some path to yes that way. In that case, it really does speak to the need for some open-ish text and image licenses, like "you can use my image in a model if you share the model with me."