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> but is it really what we want?

What we want is results. Whatever mechanism is most efficient at producing those results should be used.

> Copyright is the root of the problem.

If you sell me a device that relies on copyrighted software for operation then you must also grant me a limited non-transferable license tied to that specific device to modify that software however I please. Perhaps DMCAs anti tampering provisions are really the issue here.



> Perhaps DMCAs anti tampering provisions are really the issue here.

I think so, yeah. But IMO even copyright as a whole brings more problems than it solves nowadays.




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