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09-17-2013, 09:41 PM | #22 | |
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09-17-2013, 10:01 PM | #23 |
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09-18-2013, 05:22 AM | #25 | |
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The rationalizations for this can be various, but the real reason is that the government says so. Probably because IP producers don't want the competition. And a nanofab that will accept any plan that hasn't been properly tagged is itself extremely illegal. Possible rationalizations: Liability: Open source stuff has not been properly checked for safety, and when you are crippled by your toaster, who is going to pay your medical bills? Open Source is something those evil baby-eating infosocialists who want to kill us all believe in! The public domain does not exist, or rather the government owns anything not specifically owned by someone else. How else will they pay for all their vital services without all those toaster royalties? Open source plans could actually be for bioweapons or illegal hacking gear or other Bad Stuff. Only properly cleared and tagged stuff can be trusted. And the process of getting cleared is so onerous and expensive that no one can afford to do it if they don't charge for the final product. |
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09-18-2013, 05:38 AM | #26 |
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What for? If you need that, you fabricate robots or bioroids to do this stuff. Even if the setting somehow lacks decent AI, the nanotech revolution, which is required for nanofabs, also enables construction of bioroids.
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09-18-2013, 06:14 AM | #27 | |
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09-18-2013, 06:20 AM | #28 | |
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EDIT: I think a reasonable explanation for why open source is illegal is the belief that open source nanofacs would be essentially weapons of mass economic destruction - they'd completely annihilate the economy, probably resulting very, very swiftly in the government toppling and anarchy ruling the nation. Also, open source nanofacs can probably be used as weapons of normal mass destruction, possibly through a 'grey goo' scenario or just via building nuclear bombs. Last edited by Langy; 09-18-2013 at 06:24 AM. |
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09-18-2013, 06:34 AM | #29 | ||
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I don't think tertiary and quaternary sectors would be all that affected by a nanofab economy. Politics, software engineering, filmmaking, journalism, consultancy, law, and many other professions can't really be automated (though they might employ less people). I'm not even sure which blue-collar professions would survive besides maybe "AI supervisor." People who would do menial tasks in our world would be on the dole... |
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09-18-2013, 06:35 AM | #30 | |
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I think these settings are all very well for a cautionary tale, an "If This Goes On" about current trends in IP law and DRM, but they aren't really very interesting because they don't stand up to being thought about.
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