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Second Life and Open SourceSecond Life and Open SourcePosted Dec 22, 2006 9:14 UTC (Fri) by JohnNilsson (guest, #41242)In reply to: Second Life and Open Source by mikov Parent article: Second Life and Open Source
The basic fear is that without copy restrictions there will be no value in producing new stuff, everyone will copy, hence no one will have the incentive to create new designs to copy.
To me that seems like a completely irrational fear. One of the most cited problems of the Open Source market (where everything can be copied) is that there is too much choice.
For some strange reason people doesn't seem to be content with just copying, most people wish to add their own personal touch. To fear that the possibility to build upon others creations would kill creativity and the need to express one-self is just stupid.
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Second Life and Open Source Posted Dec 22, 2006 19:27 UTC (Fri) by mikov (subscriber, #33179) [Link] I don't think the parallel with Open Source is completely valid. Letsleave the designers aside - they are a minority compared to the number of users. People use software in order to do work. It is not for pleasure. So, if the software is free, even better for them. More work, cheaper! On the other hand, the "trinkets" in Second Life are purely and only for pleasure. Where is the pleasure in owning something if everybody else has the same thing ? Here I am not talking about exceptional pieces of art, but clothes, etc. There is a sense of achievement in purchasing something unique, that is likely to remain unique, at least for some time, because it is expensive. I think that you and other posters in this thread are mistakenly transferring the values of developing and using free software to other areas. It is not completely baseless, it is even attractive, but it is not very realistic.
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