Oddbean new post about login | logout Nvk talked about this. They were fully open source before and another company took their code and rebuilt a wallet from it. So now it’s open source but with a limitation. You’re not allowed to build on top of it for profit. But an individual can take the code and use it to build their own wallet. Basically he doesn’t want people stealing his work and competing with his business.
He's using government violence to enforce bullshit copyright law which conflicts with the natural law. He's not an anarchist.
That’s correct he is using government violence to secure his business. I don’t agree with him because I think that coldcard is still superior than foundation’s passport and their reputation is not something you can steal. However, his stance is that government violence exists and it is used against others. So he is using it himself. What if Apple takes his source code and makes their own wallet. They didn’t do any work and just took his work and profited off it. Again I don’t agree but that likely would’ve happened with some large business at some point. Google and Microsoft do stuff like that all the time and the small developers can’t compete. So he is sort of trying to protect his business by evening the playing field. Again I don’t agree and don’t think he needs to do that but the code is available to be reviewed and the product quality isn’t changed because others can’t use the code for profit.
"Other people are stealing, so it's ok for me to steal" is not how morality works. I think you can use the Government defensively but only if that use doesn't infringe on natural rights. Note that with a bit of creativity, he could still protect his business and stay moral. E.g. allow companies and individuals who are anarchists and act like anarchists to do whatever they want and disallow statist from using the code. So if Apple wanted to copy their code they'd have to publicly state they are anti-state and release all their patents and copyright. I doubt they'd do it for a few lines of wallet code but even if they did it'd a massive win for freesom.
First I never said others are stealing so it’s okay for me to steal. Don’t misquote me. Second, your statement about using government defensively is an oxymoron. The existence of government IS an infringement on natural rights.
You implied it. You have a point that the very existence of government is an infringement. Unfortunately, it's not practical to ignore it completely. E.g. not use any roads.
And the cloners are using the government cantilionare VC to leech from the commons.
Only saw your response now. You could just ban statists from using the code but allow anarchists. The statists are already using or agreeing with initiation of violence, so they already lost their natural rights.
Have you completed the entire 5-Whys tool?
that's bullshit. the whole point of FOSS is that it empowers others to create something new. "i don't want to empower others to create something that competes" is a shitty attitude. See Matt Hills recent interview on CD for the correct attitude. nostr:nevent1qqswq3kff6d7g8tta2x3u8lm7apfw9vda2ny2g66qwjlukyv0c7vsyqprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvqgsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgrqsqqqqqp3lluva
I understand the point of FOSS. I just explained NVK's position from what I remember hearing on a podcast. I never mentioned that I agree with him.
The work they built upon and took a significant amount of code from Trezor. Did you even read the post you replied to?