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Great, you've just removed any incentive for people to make anything.


The vast amounts of permissively licensed works directly contradicts you.

Even if you take away copyright, there are plenty of incentives to create. Copyright is not the sole reason people create.


Vague. Are you talking about reasons to create like the joy of creating? Your bio describes you as a 'tech entrepreneur', not 'DIY tinkerer'. So I'll assume that when you spend a great deal of time entrepreneuring something, you do so with the hope of remuneration. Maybe not by licensing the copyright, but in some form.

Permissive licenses are great in software, where SAAS is an alternative route to getting paid. How does that work if you're a musician, artist, writer, or filmmaker who makes a living selling the rights to your creative output? It doesn't.


> Vague. Are you talking about reasons to create like the joy of creating?

That’s one of them, but I really don’t have to be specific about the reasons. I just have to point out the existence of permissively licensed works. You said:

> Great, you've just removed any incentive for people to make anything.

This is very obviously untrue. Perhaps you meant to say “…you’ve just removed some incentives for people to make some things”?


It's ok I don't have any talent so that won't affect me




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