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100 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 5h \ on: Artificial Intelligence Systems and Copyright AI
What do you make of this, as a FOSS developer? Clearly, you see your code as being information which should be freely shared with the public, but you are looking to other means to get compensated for the work you put in in writing it.
Could the same not also be done by creators of other information based content? Make the information free but find other means to get compensated? Or is it just easier to do that with software than with other forms of writing?
I don't expect to be compensated for the code. I believe information wants to be free and the only way to capture value (voluntarily) is by providing a service based on that information.
I think that's ultimately why substack works better than medium - it is paid for and marketed as delivery and discovery of information. It's why they also have chat and comments. Beyond goodwill and support, we will pay for everything but the information itself.
I sympathize with content producers though. Producing information is hard enough already. No one wants to have to provide a service too.
Or is it just easier to do that with software than with other forms of writing?
It's more common, and more scalable given the nature of the medium, but I'm not sure it's easier. I do think other content producers are learning information wants to be free later than programmers did.
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