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0 pointskayodelycaon2y ago0 comments

My personal observation is people who are against copyright in absolute terms have never or rarely needed their protection. (Or never considered the implications.)

I’m not making a dig at people here. This is just human nature. It’s difficult to see the value in something that you only see as an obstacle.

Open source software is rather unusual. It’s a commune on a massive scale and it gets its value from the generosity of others. in my opinion, it is possibly one of the greatest achievements in the history and future of computing.

However, it heavily depends on copyright to exist. GPL has encouraged (or forced) many companies to contribute to the community when they wouldn’t have otherwise.

0 pointskayodelycaon2y ago0 comments

My personal observation is people who are against copyright in absolute terms have never or rarely needed their protection. (Or never considered the implications.)

I’m not making a dig at people here. This is just human nature. It’s difficult to see the value in something that you only see as an obstacle.

However, it heavily depends on copyright to exist. GPL has encouraged (or forced) many companies to contribute to the community when they wouldn’t have otherwise.

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asylteltine2y ago· 3 in thread

This is true and I see it with cops and free speech as well. Everyone loves to hate cops… until they need them. Everyone wants to defund the police… until they are a victim of crime. Everyone wants to enforce certain speech patterns… until it affects them

MeImCounting2y ago

This isnt a great take at all. Copyright is certainly an important part of our society upon which like the parent said, Open Source Software and other incredibly valuable things lie.

Cops on the other hand solely exist for the reason of locking people in cages. Why you ever feel like you need to have someone else locked in a cage is beyond me. When I have been the victim of a crime the cops have not shown and when they did have been less than helpful. This is a pattern for all the people in my subjective bubble.

About that whole speech patterns thing. I assume you mean addressing people in a polite way? Thats not enforcing certain speech patterns thats actually just being a respectful member of society.

Zpalmtree2y ago

> Why you ever feel like you need to have someone else locked in a cage is beyond me

Uh, maybe if they murder people?

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Snow_Falls2y ago

Everyone is a free speech absolutist until they're the one targeted. Everyone loves cops until it's their rights being violated...

These sorts of arguments can be made in either direction.

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