[OT] Good or best Linux distro?

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On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 at 14:06:08 UTC, Chris wrote:
> Legitimacy of copyright is a tough one. Software development 
> and the internet have added a new angle to it. However, where 
> do you draw the line? The fact that something can be easily 
> copied / distributed (internet) does not mean that the concept 
> of copyright is obsolete (cf. the Pirate Party).

For me it is convincing enough, despite working in industry which 
has traditionally relied on that (good to see it is moving from 
there). Concept of authorship is important, concept of copyright 
is fallacy.

> Why should a composer, band or author not have the copyright on 
> his/her own work and not see any money for it?

Why can't they do it without relying on copyright? ;) Software 
industry has moved quite a lot in direction of SaaS models, for 
example, when encountered similar problem. Kickstarter has shown 
that you can find different ways of funding creativity. It may 
destroy few industries in process but I have zero respect to 
habits or tradition.

> In software it's a bit different. Where does "innovation" or 
> "own work" start? Companies have sued each other for trivial 
> things that anybody would come up with intuitively. However, I 
> don't think that you can easily compare the world of software 
> development with other areas.

You can't, of course, but other areas are not as naturaly 
fast-evolving as IT stuff is so it is always interesting to model 
former with the latter in attempt to guess any possible future 
impact.

See how GPL vs BSD comes to dispute over fundamental beliefs? :P