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0 pointselil173y ago0 comments

I think in the case of open source code, most of it still would have been written if no copyright protections existed.

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Most 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)

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0 pointselil173y ago0 comments

I think in the case of open source code, most of it still would have been written if no copyright protections existed.

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Someone3y ago

Most 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)

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