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honey the codewitch23-Dec-21 23:20
mvahoney the codewitch23-Dec-21 23:20 
I don't know how I feel about intellectual property.

I'm not sure I like the idea of it being transferable. After all it doesn't exactly make sense. If I created something using my mind, chances are I can do it again. Even if I can transfer that skill to someone else, *I still have it*. If I "sell you the rights" then I'm basically creating an artificial limit in terms of what I can create. I can no longer create the thing I sold even though I know how.

The other, perhaps more important thing is, I feel like it goes against human advancement. If we're not sharing our knowledge with each other, it is a dramatic waste of humanity's potential. I can't even imagine how much further along STEM would be if we didn't put up artificial barriers around innovation.

On the other hand, I need to eat. My intellectual creations are labor - real work, and I've earned my keep through it.

I wish I could think of a better way to skin this cat.
Real programmers use butterflies

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