ultrasquid

Constantine is never born. That would prevent the Holy Roman Empire and the hundreds of years of regression that it caused.

I’m not sure if its open source, so technically not FOSS, but Connect is by far my favorite UI and UX wise.

I won’t get a brain chip unless there’s laws passed banning using them for advertising or for data collection, but knowing our current government those two things will end up being mandatory

I use it on mobile for the fast action button (basically fancy gesture controls). I know its ownership is pretty sketchy, and I’d prefer to be using Firefox or some other browser, but I haven’t found any other browser with similar gesture controls.

This is a great idea for patents, but probably doesn’t work as well for copyright, as the cost of a creator’s time and effort is subjective and hard to prove. Additionally, this gets a little wonky with free or open source products, which are unlikely to be making much (if any) money.

I do think copyright is essential for protecting smaller artists. However, it has been corrupted by big corporations into something to gain complete control over their creations, which is essentially the exact opposite of its purpose. With this in mind, I would propose two changes:

1: Change copyright to only apply for 10 years. Most smaller creators would have a chance to build up a community by that time, and it lessens the amount of time a corporation can maintain a stranglehold on their IPs.

2: Make a clause that allows for derivative works, as long as the source material is credited clearly and at the beginning of the work. This means works like fangames, fanarts, and fanfictions are all fully legal, and don’t have to worry about corporate stranglehold, and also benefits smaller creators, as these works can essentially serve as free advertising.

This obviously isn’t a perfect solution, but its almost certainly far better than what we have now, and restores copyright back to its original intended purpose.