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Hamukolast Friday at 8:54 AM1 replyview on HN

Open source is not communism. Communism would entail that we collectively own Linux, which we don't. It's private property, and if we want to use the code, we need to abide by its licensing terms. Licensing terms that are built upon the existence of copyright, a concept that allows for private ownership of intellectual property.


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Kim_Bruninglast Friday at 11:20 AM

The licensing terms exist as a patch on copyright. If copyright law were fixed, we wouldn't need those terms at all.