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"copying is not theft/ stealing a thing leaves one less left/ copying it makes one thing more/ that's what copying's for"

• drdaeman 2mo ago
  Yes. Although, to be pedantic - stealing relocates (it doesn’t leave one less, it moves the only thing into another person’s possession), while copying duplicates. Copy vs move is IMHO accurate semantics.
  • dnautics 2mo ago
    i dont know what you're talking about: it's certainly one less for the victim! and if no theft occurred, nobody would be left with one less.
    • drdaeman 2mo ago
      Yea, my bad, that was a brain fart. I guess I was thinking about it from the thing’s perspective rather than owners’.