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But we're talking about ideas and expressions, not property. Yes, the WBC should be allowed to copy if everyone else is. The benefits seem to me to dwarf the
by Peaker 15y ago
But we're talking about ideas and expressions, not property.
Yes, the WBC should be allowed to copy if everyone else is.
The benefits seem to me to dwarf the downsides.
- potatolicious 15y agoSo you oppose the GPL, Apache, and BSD licenses? Or really, any software license? After all, they are conditions for the distribution and derivation of a creative work. You support private companies taking this freely-given resource, creating products from it, profiting from them, and not release the source as the conditions demand?
- allait 15y agoBSD, Apache and many other licenses allow exactly this: derived works may be released under proprietary license.
- Peaker 15y agoWell, given that I oppose copyright, I support the GPL -- exactly because it uses copyright restrictions to neutralize copyright restrictions. In other words, the only restrictions placed by the GPL are those that restrict use of copyright -- and I definitely support those. Apache and BSD licenses are basically only anti-plagiarizing, afaik. How would companies profit from a work that everyone can freely copy, in a way that does not add value to society and indeed to the original author?