Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 weeks agoAnd makes research investment-worthy.
Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 weeks agoAnd makes research investment-worthy.
doodledup@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
stray@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
You’re making this argument via FOSS.
Lightor@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Acting like FOSS is representing all creative work is dishonest.
stray@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Why wouldn’t we buy his book? Is it bad?
doodledup@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
This is already the only way scientists make a living
doodledup@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not true. You mean scientists employed by universities. I mean scientists working in R&D of companies.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Companies do hardly any real or worthwhile r&d, they do product design and marketing.