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deatontoday at 5:59 PM2 repliesview on HN

And people do do those things out of passion, and many of them are happy to share it so you can listen to it for free. That doesn't mean that they shouldn't own the right to control what happens to what they made.


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cortesofttoday at 6:18 PM

Sure, but you said that open source software is unique because it doesn't take capital. It isn't unique, as demonstrated by the two other examples (out of many) that I posted.

Whether someone should own the right to control is a separate issue. Your previous response made it seem like the lack of capital requirement was the distinction, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

You argued that if you didn't own the copyright, there would be no incentive for creating and sharing work. Someone said that open source software shows that you can have creative work without needing to maintain ownership. You then said that was only applicable to software.

It clearly isn't, because of my examples.

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joquarkytoday at 9:28 PM

> That doesn't mean that they shouldn't own the right to control

What value system grants the right to control what you make?

Outside human culture, where does nature exhibit this value?