On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@gmail.com> 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.