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by WendyTheWillow 932 days ago
Right, people will copy your content if it's easy, but should they? These are separate questions.

A chance to bring up my favorite philosophical concept, the "is-ought problem" aka "Hume's Guillotine"! [0]

> An ethical or judgmental conclusion cannot be inferred based on purely descriptive factual statements.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem

1 comments

Yes, companies will bitch about piracy, but should they? :)