It's cool that stuff like vector file formats is still being reinvented. What's the new idea(s) here, though?
Like, I get that it's new and has better features (better compression, faster decoding, etc.) --- but what are the new ideas or insights that led to this design?
You can pay with a card, but there is an additional 5 Euros fee (which is fair enough).
I booked a refundable hotel already in the summer, in case I won't get the tickets. But getting the ticket this year was relatively easy (though maybe I just got lucky).
The rest were less good for me personally. Either over-dramatic and shallow (with a sexy-sounding topic) or too procedural in topics I'm not an expert in.
1. People still do software based on the GNU license. What's the difference?
2. I'm a mathematician - math is not copyrighted, yet it's still being done.
3. Is it really so important for society that copyrighted movies be based on old stories? Won't society benefit from new stories and characters?
To be clear, I don't propose to really implement it. But the existing system also sucks. I'm thinking that maybe incorporating such an idea into the existing system - limiting what you can do with public domain work - can be beneficial.
I recently made a radical proposal of public domain rules; It's inspired by GNU software licenses. It goes like this:
1. Anyone can use anything that is in the public domain.
2. Any creation that uses elements from the public domain is also, automatically, in the public domain.
3. Activate retroactively: When the first book in a series (for example) gets into the public domain, then the whole series (and franchise) becomes public domain.
(3) depends on what the initial rule is for something to get into the public domain.
P.S: It's a thought experiment, not an actual "let's implement it now!" thing.
I don't care much about Betty Boop either, and I do care, like you, about The Maltese Falcon - but mostly I think that a version of The Maltese Falcon starring Betty Boop is definitely something I'd like to see!
Like, I get that it's new and has better features (better compression, faster decoding, etc.) --- but what are the new ideas or insights that led to this design?