alt Hacker NewsThen let's make humans pay royalties to every author from whom they ever learned something, even if it was offered freely to them, only fair?
Then let's make humans pay royalties to every author from whom they ever learned something, even if it was offered freely to them, only fair?
Indeed. If I take somebody's work, transform it somewhat and sell it, I should pay royalties (unless the author explicitly allowed me to do so). That is exactly the case.