Comment by aleph_minus_one

6 months ago

> because it makes them look like they are funding people with exact zero software development experience.

Being a great software developer does not make you a lawyer (not even a bad lawyer).

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senko  6 months ago

You don't need to be a lawyer to understand you can't just copy others' IP without checking if you're allowed to.

By your argument, I can just torrent moviez and appz because I'm not a lawyer and can't be bothered with minutae of copyright law.

  • aleph_minus_one  6 months ago

    > By your argument, I can just torrent movies and appz becuase I'm not a lawyer and can't be bothered with minutae of copyright law.

    Indeed, there exist people who argue that in many areas law has become so complicated and unclear what is allowed or not that you cannot thus expect from ordinary citizens to obey the laws anymore - even if these citizens are willing to.

    Thus politicians do have an obligation to make the laws as clear, logical and comprehensible as possible, otherwise they loose their legitimization of expecting citizens to obey them.

    • senko  6 months ago

      Yes. Personally I believe current copyright law is a massive outreach and mostly serves established big companies, not small creators and innovators. I'd like to see it curtailed by a lot.

      That's no excuse for a VC-backed startup just ignoring it and YOLOing their way.

      This actually disincentivises small creators (open source maintainers and contributors, in this case) from participanting in the very thing copyright is supposed to foster.

d1sxeyes  6 months ago

Forking an open source repo and claiming you built something in 4 days does not make you a great software developer either though.

  • aleph_minus_one  6 months ago

    > claiming you built something in 4 days

    That is why when such a marketing claim comes up, the first question to ask is from which base they built the respective product in 4 days, and which kind of additional value the respective company added during this process.