I absolutely don't think someone else should be distributing for profit. what I'd like to see -- and I swiped this from Boyce@DownMOO -- is distribution right. As long as you're actively distributing a work, you maintain the sole right to continue distributing it. As soon as you stop, it goes into public domain and anyone can have at it.
I like GNU's copyleft, insofar as it not only maintains copyright, but also gives people the ability to make money off their additions to the material as long as they also give away the basic code for free. That gives a lot of incentive to people to build upon what has gone before... but I have no idea how you'd do something like this in works of fiction or music, which isn't particularly intended to be extended.
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what I'd like to see -- and I swiped this from Boyce@DownMOO -- is distribution right. As long as you're actively distributing a work, you maintain the sole right to continue distributing it. As soon as you stop, it goes into public domain and anyone can have at it.
I like GNU's copyleft, insofar as it not only maintains copyright, but also gives people the ability to make money off their additions to the material as long as they also give away the basic code for free. That gives a lot of incentive to people to build upon what has gone before... but I have no idea how you'd do something like this in works of fiction or music, which isn't particularly intended to be extended.