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dnauticstoday at 5:45 AM1 replyview on HN

"copying is not theft/ stealing a thing leaves one less left/ copying it makes one thing more/ that's what copying's for"


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drdaemantoday at 6:17 AM

Yes. Although, to be pedantic - stealing relocates (it doesn’t leave one less, it moves the only thing into another person’s possession), while copying duplicates.

Copy vs move is IMHO accurate semantics.

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