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> The correct solution is to come up with some kind of legal regime that's actually designed for software Sure, I agree with that. You told me to revise my exp
by feoren 3y ago
> The correct solution is to come up with some kind of legal regime that's actually designed for software
Sure, I agree with that. You told me to revise my expectations for something much less unrealistic than that, though. But let's work toward it anyway. In the meantime, let's extend copyright protection to programmers and stop shaming them for accepting it.
> Mathematical and logical formulas also aren't subject to copyright
But mathematical journal paper submissions are! This is not a counter-argument. My point is that code is more than just its function. Code is written for humans, not for computers. Let me ask you this: if your code doesn't compile, is it really a sequence of instructions? No, it's not! It's still copyrightable, though.
> {Outrageous statement} ... "that's outrageous!" ... what's outrageous about {entirely different, much softer statement}!?
This is boring.
- User23 3y ago> In the meantime, let's extend copyright protection to programmers and stop shaming them for accepting it. Who is shaming programmers for accepting copyright protection? The entire free software copyleft concept, while admittedly a kludge, rests on programmers having copyright protection. However, I and many others can and will continue to shame anyone who violates user freedom because violating the rights of others is shameful behavior. > This is boring. Lots of things are boring when you willfully misinterpret them. Don’t you agree that you’re providing more value by offering software that respects user freedoms than by not? The problem is you’re relying on copyright to create economic opportunity at the cost of user freedom. A better approach for everyone involved would to be a system that rewards respect for user freedom since that’s providing more value than not. Unfortunately trying to pound the square copyright peg into that round hole just doesn’t work very well so it’s strange that an idealist like you is advocating it so strongly.