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Piracy is Good: The Moral Imperative of Sharing Knowledge (technomagnus.vercel.app)

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Piracy, in today’s context of unauthorized sharing of digital content, is wrongly condemned as immoral theft. However, it is not piracy itself that is immoral. Rather, it is the greed-driven laws and practices that censor knowledge and creative works to maximize profits. At its core, piracy is about sharing information and creative works with others, which should be seen as a moral good. 🤑

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have probably been programming since before you were born but I'm glad I still give off youthful energy. This may surprise you but there was a time where software was released as a finished product and didn't require any cloud infrastructure. I also feel like you've never actually used cracked software because the cracks are usually there to block the online portion like with Adobe products or video games.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

First, times change old man. Software now requires maintenance and requirements change.

Second, I was talking about your ideal scenario in which software can be given away without cracking it or without piracy being illegal. In that scenario, software would use the cloud services because, why not? They are already giving away all the effort of the programmers.

Third, holy shit, I can't believe a programmer is PRO software piracy. Do you even understand how your industry works? Do you realize software needs to be sold to generate a revenue? This ain't charity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@platypus_plumba @ayaya FOSS is free ... But people create services around it to get revenue. But, the software is free.

Tthose big companies are making money using free software without giving anything back ... And that's disgusting. Check the latest Redhat move ...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Redhat not giving back?

Do you think Redhat hasn't contributed to Linux?

I swear, I'm about to punch a wall reading these replies. Holy shit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@platypus_plumba They did of course ... before IBM bought it.

And, now they stabbing in the back "freeloaders" ...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They are still going to contribute. They will still update their CentOS Stream with fixes. They'll still contribute to FOSS and the Linux Kernel... They are just making it harder for clone distributions to steal their work as soon as they publish it.

How is it wrong? They want to make Redhat more profitable. If it becomes more profitable they'll hire more engineers who will further develop FOSS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

First I was too young now I'm too old. I guess I can never be whatever enlightened age you are that knows how everything works.

You can't believe a programmer is pro piracy? Who do you think runs the sites or rips the content? The Easter Bunny? Piracy is run by technical people.

I have watched the industry change over the years which is precisely why I am against it. And in the described scenario people would be incentivized to not use cloud services for the precise reason that they do cost money. Which would be ideal.