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The government has already stepped in - Who do you think is enforcing copyright laws?
by Gud 4y ago
The government has already stepped in - Who do you think is enforcing copyright laws?
- scarface74 4y agoSo should copyright laws that protect GPL software also be removed?
- ceejayoz 4y agoYou're the one suggesting the government should stay out of things, you tell us. GPL can only exist because of government regulations and action when those regulations are violated.
- scarface74 4y agoI’m suggesting that it’s an entitled position that you want to control how other people distribute content that they pay for. If you don’t like it - create your content. You probably have a 4K video recording device in your pocket and a computer at home capable of editing said content
- einherjae 4y agoProtects it against what? GPL is itself a way of using the system against itself, with an end goal of replacing said system. I guess If copyright seized to exist you could take GPL code and modify it without sharing back, but the users would also not be required to pay you for using it, so…
- scarface74 4y agoSo let’s take the AGPL that prohibits hosting modified software like for a SaaS.
- collegeburner 4y agoactually no, a big part of the GPL3 these days is fighting "tivoization" which is not really protected by any "system" the same way as copyright. the only system protecting that is a cryptosystem locking it to manufacturer-authorized stuff. also GPL is mostly trying to fight closed-source code which is just as possible without the current copyright system, it can still be kept private like any trade secret. GPL relies on the system to force releasing source.