It also takes effort to copy something, right? Say I made a copy of a book by hand, does my effort make it any less of a copy?
Say I am stealing stuff that’s really heavy, can I demand I earned it because it was a lot of effort?
I am not trying to be facetious. I also question property rights because someone overpowered someone else to make that property theirs at some point in time. Whose effort is earned, and whose is robbery?
As far as I can tell we picked an arbitrary time after which all forced acquisition is considered robbery.
That being said, open source is for everyone to benefit. Violating an open source license is sort of a crime against everyone, not just the creator.
Say I am stealing stuff that’s really heavy, can I demand I earned it because it was a lot of effort?
I am not trying to be facetious. I also question property rights because someone overpowered someone else to make that property theirs at some point in time. Whose effort is earned, and whose is robbery?
As far as I can tell we picked an arbitrary time after which all forced acquisition is considered robbery.
That being said, open source is for everyone to benefit. Violating an open source license is sort of a crime against everyone, not just the creator.