Kuhn: Copyleft Won't Solve All Problems, Just Some of Them

Posted Mar 21, 2022 12:04 UTC (Mon) by sadoon (subscriber, #155365)
Parent article: Kuhn: Copyleft Won't Solve All Problems, Just Some of Them

Here's a very possible scenario:

Where I'm from, there are no intellectual propery laws, and there probably won't ever be for the foreseeable future. (Fact)

Say my government decides to do something you don't like, whether it be as simple as taking a sociopolitical stance that you ABSOLUTELY hate, or going as far as invading a country that you love. (Hypothetical)

Would forbidding people from my country from using your software by changing your license do you any good? Down here, everyone pirates movies, games, music, and software. The "laws" did not stop them.

Some people are just so overwhelmed by their egos.

"But I *must* take action against them!"

It's futile, it's pathetic, and in the worst case, you might be woefully wrong and look back at yourself in disgust in a year or two because of how wrong you were. Believe me I've been there.