I “created” an idea of a nostr client for recipes with nostr:npub1xxdd8eusvdxmaph3fkuu9x2mymhrcc3ghe2l38zv0l4f4nqp659qskkt7a I would feel shame if I tried to IP protect that idea with an army of lawyers. I am proud that it is open source and anyone can build off of it. We’ve worked to build a brand. That’s my stake. The idea is free for anyone to build off of.
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Open Source is part of IP law. Licenses like the GPL make it so a free software can't be taken and slightly changed and then locked up by another, changes must be shared. IP law also protects free software, it works both ways.
Humility checks the ego. All true, and certainly relevant. In a conceptual world where we could argue the relevance of IP in a hypothetical legal framework that isn’t what is currently in existence, then yes. 😂
I'll definitely agree copyright law has been perverted from it's initial intention "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries".
Originally a 14 year period, it's been extended to over 5 times that length of time, effectively locking away culture for entire human lifetimes. It makes sense to reward creators with a brief period to profit from their creations, this is an incentive to create and release things. But eventually it must be released back to the culture from which it came for everyone's benefit.
Imagine if everything from 2010 entered the public domain this year, instead of works from 1929.
Is true. The creators and artists need a shield from the corporate lawyer sleez bags for sure. It’s a good conversation to have because it takes a lot of thought and consideration to retain that right balance.
It's been a long discussion 😂 Printers & Binders act ~1530, statute of St Anne ~ 1700, US Copyright act 1790. A balancing act that is a bit unbalanced right now maybe. The march of technology and the continued improvements to ease of copying makes it even more difficult.
I appreciate that history and the context of the legal framework. It shouldn’t be easy, but fundamentally we enter a new era where we need to decide the next framework for the years to come.
I'm the last guy I'd expect to argue *for* Copyright law, my hobby is piracy and I like posting full movies in Nostr notes 🤣
But at the same time I see the intended purpose, and it makes sense on some scale. Just not the way it exists now, where giant corporations use it to lock up culture. Scale it back, make it apply on a more personal level. The artist, not the corporation.
Depends on what he’s talking about, oss and MIT licenses are one thing, I usually think of music and publishing… context woulda been good