As another CEO of a company t

As another CEO of a company trying to do good and make a living at it, a few observations.

1) This isn't about the technicalities of a license. It's about copyright. Anyone taking someone's work and stripping it of its copyright only to be relabeled as another's is just plain wrong, unethical, and self-defeating.

2) This is a great case study in the ongoing debate of whether intellectual property should have protected rights (i.e., should software be patented). I believe, as did many during the Enlightenment, that protecting property rights is fundamental to the definition of civil society.

3) Lastly, I think it's also a great human lesson of tolerance. In essence, this is about different cultures, values, and beliefs, and the struggle to understand each other after the initial round of, "Are you insane?!".

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