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John Carroll has some essential commentary on IP, property rights, and the GPL.
Part I is here.
A quote regarding the economy of the future: the valuable aspect of a product won't be the physical asset itself, as an exact clone can be produced a million times over at minimal cost in a world of nanotechnology. Rather, what really matters is the information required to build the product... (but follow the link to read the interesting query that follows).
Part II is here. A quote:
TRUE or FALSE: The software economy, oriented as it has been around proprietary software, has been a tremendous source of innovation over the past 25 years.
Clearly, I think the answer is "TRUE," and I have trouble believing that anyone - including Richard Stallman - could claim otherwise with a straight face.
posted by Solveig Singleton @ 2:55 PM | Big Tent, Free Culture Movement, Patents, Physical Property, Software
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