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It demonstrates that it stifles copying. That may make it easier for the copier to innovate, but doesn’t dispute the main argument for having copyright protecti
by Someone 4y ago
It demonstrates that it stifles copying. That may make it easier for the copier to innovate, but doesn’t dispute the main argument for having copyright protection: that, without the protection of copyright, the code wouldn’t have been written.
- elil17 4y agoI think in the case of open source code, most of it still would have been written if no copyright protections existed.
- Someone 4y agoMost of it? I would think >50% of open source code writers find it necessary to restrict the rights to copy and use their code. In a world without copyright protections, would the GPL be legal? (and I guess courts might, in the future, say the GPL expires when copyrights on the code expire)