Re:Ask HN: Is it a good practice to provide open-source vers...
by aasasd on Sunday August 09, 2020 @09:09AM
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> Information is not property
I too have phantom nostalgia and longing for anarchist ideals, but that statement relates to life about as much as saying that matter and goods are not property because all molecules of a substance are identical and thus you could make the same things yourself. ‘You could, but you didn't’, as they say.
> you should release all code as free software
In exchange for your complete disregard for the value of the author's time and effort? Dubious arrangement.
> rather than using state legislation to coerce people to not reproduce and alter information they know
Perhaps that's actually somewhat similar to when state legislation says you shouldn't snag matter just because it's lying around? You know, the ‘natural’ and primordial right of capitalist bros that somehow requires police force and surveillance for it to be implemented.
I too have phantom nostalgia and longing for anarchist ideals, but that statement relates to life about as much as saying that matter and goods are not property because all molecules of a substance are identical and thus you could make the same things yourself. ‘You could, but you didn't’, as they say.
> you should release all code as free software
In exchange for your complete disregard for the value of the author's time and effort? Dubious arrangement.
> rather than using state legislation to coerce people to not reproduce and alter information they know
Perhaps that's actually somewhat similar to when state legislation says you shouldn't snag matter just because it's lying around? You know, the ‘natural’ and primordial right of capitalist bros that somehow requires police force and surveillance for it to be implemented.