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I'm not parent but since this is framed as if it's a 'gotcha' question ..

a) yes, when it's used anti-competitively; which it almost exclusively is. I haven't been sold on the idea that idea exclusivity funds creative and public works and value-stores. I tend to believe that capitol does that -- and I think capitol can be generated regardless of copyright state.

b) Yes, I have a cc0 1.0 license on anything I release outside of the contracts i'm beholden to from other entities. My thingiverse profile, for one, is filled with general purpose models and assets that are all licensed cc0 1.0 -- these took real person-hours to produce and have actual value for some folks.

other than the occassional irritation with persnickety users here and there I enjoy the work and view it as a social good -- I hope others find the work valuable and use it themselves; surely others exist with the same motivations.




Yeah this is all reasonable. Parent felt a bit reactionary


Going off on someone because they “feel a bit reactionary” is very reactionary, you realize.


My tone wasn’t the best for sure but I was more curious if that was their issue.




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