Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.

• doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Exactly. Without IP, scientists and researchers could only make a living through government funding. And that means governments also fully control the research and development. A free market needs IP. It’s fundamental.

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  • stray@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You’re making this argument via FOSS.

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    • Lightor@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Acting like FOSS is representing all creative work is dishonest.

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      • stray@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Why wouldn’t we buy his book? Is it bad?

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    • doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So? You can have both.

      Besides, most FOSS projects specify a license that forbids stealing the code and using it in ways to make profits while not contributing back or making the fork open themselves. These licenses protect the IP of the FOSS projects. There are countless lawsuits of FOSS projects against IP theft. Without IP, FOSS projects will have a hard time to justify their work.

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  • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is already the only way scientists make a living

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    • doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not true. You mean scientists employed by universities. I mean scientists working in R&D of companies.

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      • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Companies do hardly any real or worthwhile r&d, they do product design and marketing.

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