> In the meantime, let's extend copyright protection to programmers and stop shaming them for accepting it. Who is shaming programmers for accepting copyright

> 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.