I think the most important lesson to learn from free software is that after people have enough money to put food on the table they're willing to put time into something with no monetary benefit
Further, this little free software experiment has shown we're more than capable of innovation and creation without profit motive
@jordyd
tired: innovation and creation can happen without the profit motive
wired: only without the profit motive can innovation and creation happen
@a_breakin_glass Honestly though. Patents, copyright, etc, are just holding us back
@jordyd @a_breakin_glass I don't know about "etc", I like trademarks and regional designations. I like laws against deceiving consumers. And copyright would be ok if it had a much shorter duration, say, ten years.
Patents can also be awesome. I always cite the Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal shoes patent as patents working as intended: a magician revealing his tricks instead of taking them to the grave.
I don't think we need to completely get rid of copyright and patents, just fix them.
@qdot What, there's tons of #emacs people here. An #emacs person brought me here in the first place.
Hi!
Also, I never realised your sex toys were more than a joke.