Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter (now X) and Square (now Block), sparked a weekend’s worth of debate around intellectual property, patents, and

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter (now X) and Square (now Block), sparked a weekend’s worth of debate around intellectual property, patents, and copyright, with a characteristically terse post declaring, “delete all IP law.”

X’s current owner Elon Musk quickly replied, “I agree.”

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 days ago

    If copyright didn’t exist then everything would be in the public domain and the GPL would be toothless, but that’s fine because it would no longer be unnecessary.

    I’m saying it is necessary to achieve the aims of the GPL.

    If it was just about ensuring the source is free, the MIT license would be sufficient. The GPL goes further and forces modifications to also be free, which relies on copyright.

    • uis@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I’m saying it is necessary to achieve the aims of the GPL.

      Which would make GPL toothless, but that’s fine because it would no longer be unnecessary.