Thread: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified
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azorni is offline azorni
2010-03-05 , 08:46
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Originally Posted by Fargus View Post
Communal effort does not preclude open source. If you used only items available freely then you are fine, using a production machine then it would have it's own protection in place. Whilst you owuld be free to use the machine, copying the design would constitute unacceptable behaviour if done without permission.
According to me, copying a design should always be allowed. Only the signature, the branding, shouldn't be copied. Copying is good, unlike counterfeiting. That's the very reason of the existence of branding. It authenticates the original design, but anyone should be allowed to try to imitate it, or even improve it, as long as they use an other branding.

If I want to build a bicycle, do you really think I should pay something to people who invented the wheels and the pedals ? Come on.
Last edited by azorni; 2010-03-05 at 08:53.