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		mbell on Aug 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Man Tries to Live an Open Source Life for a Year FTA: "I'm not buying any proprietary or traditionally copyrighted products unless all other options are exhausted." I'm pretty baffled by his mention of copyright here. The linux kernel is 'open source' by most people's standards yet the copyrights are held by thousands of people. Living a modern life with only open source products is very doable, living with only products which have no copyright would be almost impossible

mwilcox on Aug 11, 2012 [–]

Key word being traditionally

mbell on Aug 11, 2012 | [–]

What is that even supposed to mean?

tomrod on Aug 11, 2012 | | [–]

Whatever he wants it to mean, apparently. I would reckon any Disney movies would fall under this, but not the Linux kernel.

Unless we want to go really old school, before copyrights were filed. But "traditional" may not take that long to apply, I guess?

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