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The easy way out

The easy way out

Posted Nov 8, 2012 9:30 UTC (Thu) by ekj (guest, #1524)
In reply to: The easy way out by man_ls
Parent article: Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)

That is true for money - because money that can freely be created at (near) zero cost by anyone, clearly cannot work as currency.

But that's really a special case. If everyone freely copies dollars, the economy collapses, but if everyone freely copies Firefox-executables, it doesn't have quite the same effect.


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