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Re:Software licensing and my opposition to copyleft by rswail on Friday October 30, 2020 @08:13AM (#24941387)
Lots of people have written romance plays, but there's only one Romeo and Juliet.

There is scarcity in the relative value of intangible things.

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Re:Software licensing and my opposition to copyleft by chordalkeyboard on Friday October 30, 2020 @03:52PM (#24946224)
When I make a copy of Romeo and Juliet, I don’t deprive anyone of their copy. This is what is meant by intangibles not being scarce.
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