Bittorent is a protocol, that's like asking how do you stop the English language or poetry or musical notation - it doesn't even make sense in context. You can absolutely stop individual people participating in the network however and stop them from hosting or make it difficult for them. Just like with bittorent, it can be more or less difficult depending on the infringement, but again, if the software you host is breaking the licence then I'd hope enforcement would be effective against you.
Let me flip this around - do you believe that things like licences, copyright, perhaps even legality of material posted shouldn't matter at all on this "permacomputer"? Reading your page it's clear you want to go back to the "good old days" of internet - which is admirable, in a sort of romantic way. It is hacker news after all. But yes, if I made some software, and I found you were using it without a licence, I'd definitely try to sue you for it, permacomputer or not. Just because your network might have the technical resilience against being shut down doesn't mean you get to go back to golden days of the internet where no one really cared about silly things like actually paying for stuff. I see the attempt to dress it as "prevent deplatforming of politicians" just as dishonest as the attempts to shut everything down because "think of the children" - they are two sides of the same extremist(in opinion) coin. You can't have a completely open internet(yes, like we used to have, that's gone), but you shouldn't have a completely closed surveiled internet either.
I know you are wrong. I don't think you have anything of value to protect with license. You can't sue a person for creating software, you'll have to go after the person hosting. My view is the correct view and the only view which will have any permenence on this planet. Good luck with your licenses.
>>my view is the correct view and the only view which will have any permenence on this planet
And that's a fantastic view to keep when trying to discuss anything, really keeping that mind open eh? Good luck with your project.
>> I don't think you have anything of value to protect with license.
You are wrong(hey, two can play this game)
>> You can't sue a person for creating software,
Sure, but that's not what I said, so you're making a point just for its own sake.
Also I kinda hoped you'd answer my question if you think any licences/copyright/legality don't matter on your permacomputer. But then you haven't even answered my other comment, so meh, maybe I expected too much.
