[opensource-dev] oh give me a break

Glen Canaday gcanaday at gmail.com
Sun Mar 14 15:36:33 PDT 2010


Then what are you doing here?

On 03/14/2010 06:32 PM, New Hax wrote:
> I know better than to try to get rich off of selling ones and zeroes.
>
> On 3/14/10, Glen Canaday<gcanaday at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Then what are you doing in SL? Not making a living, I can assure you.
>>
>> Nor are you putting food on the table RL except perhaps by manual labor,
>> which cannot be copied. Ex: Ditches need to be dug. The ditch-digger can
>> be changed out, but that doesn't change the fact that even if you get a
>> new digger, you still have a ditch when you're done.
>>
>> OSS/Free Software and Proprietary software are the diggers; they're not
>> the ditch itself.
>>
>> On 03/14/2010 06:18 PM, New Hax wrote:
>>      
>>> then what are you doing on an opensource list if you want your content
>>> wrapped in DRM.
>>>
>>> sl will die if its not open. and you can't compare rl doors to the
>>> internet. if you dont lock your rl door I can come in and take
>>> something of yours that isnt replaceable.
>>>
>>> but on the internet as a content maker you can make INFINITE products
>>> so you arent losing anything if i copy it and make no money off of it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/14/10, Marine Kelley<marinekelley at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> well I am a content creator, content theft is a problem to me, it is tied
>>>> to
>>>> IP rights which are a legal issue. And I am not one of those who say
>>>> "content theft is inevitable, let's not do anything about it". Doors can
>>>> be
>>>> lock picked, that's not a reason for me to leave my door wide open.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 14 March 2010 23:04, New Hax<newhaxx at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> On 3/14/10, Marine Kelley<marinekelley at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>>> Err... Content theft has always been a problem, will always be a
>>>>>> problem,
>>>>>> and LL better be on the same page with developers, content makers and
>>>>>> customers here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              
>>>>> content theft isn't a problem, never has been a problem, and is the
>>>>> nature of the internet and digital things.  if content makers are
>>>>> worried about content "theft" then they shouldn't be on SL. because
>>>>> its inevitable and cant be stopped.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>          
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