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by breck 1158 days ago
> What does a post intellectual property world even look like, though?

It looks like Github! People sharing and collaborating to build new things. No lawyers getting in the way. Attribution is automatically handled by git logs.

It's glorious.
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Timon3 1158 days ago
Many parts of Github would not exist without intellectual property laws. If you post code, it's not just a free for all, you still have licenses and own your contributions if not specified otherwise. Especially company stuff would be much, much less open.

That's not to say that every facet of IP law is good, or even a judgement on it. Just pointing out that only parts of Github work like you describe.

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breck 1158 days ago
> Many parts of Github would not exist without intellectual property laws.

I do not think this is true.

I think most devs on GitHub operate as if there are no IP laws.

I think if they went away, almost nothing would change (some noise around "license" fields would go away).

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ChatGTP 1158 days ago
Licensing is very important to open source. It is literally what drives and protects large scale open source innovation and stops it going extinct. It’s actually worth learning about GPL 3.0 and copy left licensing.

Anyway if that goes away. A lot of innovation will too. If privately owned LLMs go on consuming everything, not giving back to the communities that make them what they are. It may erode the system.

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breck 1158 days ago
If there is no IP law there is no longer any need for Copyleft. Copyleft is a means to an end.

https://c4sif.org/2022/05/against-intellectual-property-afte...

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ChatGTP 1158 days ago
Lol but there will never be an end to IP law while there are people with money and influence. Utopia is an idea, not a reality.
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breck 1157 days ago
Building a future world where every child has access to humanity's best information makes me jump out of bed in the morning.

I agree it's an absolute daunting task, convincing people this is the way. This new freedom will not be given to people by the powers that be, they must demand it.

But I do believe that a small group of people can change the world. It's just about getting that initial group going, and sparking a flame.

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