15 Feb
2013
15 Feb
'13
1:25 a.m.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
This is where we differ, at least on the surface of
it. I think that it is
unethical
to make people ask you permission after you publicly released something.
When I release a tune or a story or an invention, I do not aim to become a
tyrant, who, by virtue of his work now has the world grant him a positive
obligation.
The common decency you speak about is not common to me. To me making
people asking permission is being a jerk.
You are reading in language which was never used to argue against a case
that was not made. He didn't claim that it was right to "make" people ask,
he just said that asking was the decent thing to do, something with which I
fully agree. The same technologies that make copying infinitely more easy
also make communication infinitely more easy, so I don't see why its an
invasion of liberty to seek permission for appropriation whenever possible.