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| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: mendip_discovery on November 26, 2023, 06:11:53 pm ---In a near-perfect world, it would be great. Just think of the amount of time saved as we don't have to reinvent the wheel every time we go to do a task. If someone works out a better way to do something, that way gets adopted. This is kinda the way I view Open Source stuff. It's why when I have stuff I try to share it with others. The problem is that all information to be freely available isn't good for business. --- End quote --- And therein lies the rub. For example, even the most pure and ardent open source hardware companies aren't going to give you a list of their suppliers, prices, and other business related stuff so you can duplicate them. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: mike449 on November 28, 2023, 05:04:26 am ---The answer is easy: all information should be available to good guys, and not available to bad guys. The hard part is to enforce the separation between the two groups. Note that governments are not necessarily always the good guys. --- End quote --- And government ALWAYS think the people are the bad guys. |
| EEVblog:
"Should all information be freely available to everyone?" TEST: Find the most ardent supporter of this and then ask them if that extends to their personal finances, medical information, search history etc, and you'll find out real quick where peoples limits are. |
| pickle9000:
So is everyone's internet activities included in this? |
| optoisolated:
The libertarian in me says your IP is your IP and if you want to share it, or not, that's up to you and you alone. This doesn't (shouldn't) apply to government. If its paid for by my taxes, I have a right to know, and the government must have an obligation to share it ALL (sans the obvious Military Secrets etc). |
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