And makes research investment-worthy.
Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.
doodledup@lemmy.world 10 months agoThis is not about being greedy. This is about incentives. IP enables billions of jobs.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
doodledup@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months ago
You’re making this argument via FOSS.
Lightor@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Acting like FOSS is representing all creative work is dishonest.
doodledup@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months ago
This is already the only way scientists make a living
doodledup@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not true. You mean scientists employed by universities. I mean scientists working in R&D of companies.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 10 months ago
There are only 3.5 billion jobs worldwide. A good amount of those work for the government, in the army, in the public sector, etc…
I’d be surprised if it manages to get above a billion to be honest. Remember that copyright is a fairly recent invention.