Comments on: spillover, arts patronage, and Linux http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/22/spillover-arts-patronage-and-linux/ Ramblings on law school in New York, free software, and the spaces in between. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:38:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Luis http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/22/spillover-arts-patronage-and-linux/#comment-8693 Luis Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:42:22 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/22/spillover-arts-patronage-and-linux/#comment-8693 I think Platt would drop folks like your father in with the wealthy who draw/write- fairly rare in most of the time period he is writing about, but much more common today. (Whether or not your father is wealthy by our standards, he is wealthy by the standards of most of the period <i>Marks of Opulence</i> is about- he has access to tools, and plenty of free time to use the tools in.) Lessig is a more famous example of this- his tenured professorships allow him to give away his books. And obviously every college student who writes free sofware is in that category. If I recall correctly, Lemley doesn't necessarily discuss this category of creators much, as those folks aren't typically a creator of things that get spilled over- they tend to be more likely to creating pure spillover, or things which are so liberally licensed/unlicensed as to not have much spillover impact. I think Platt would drop folks like your father in with the wealthy who draw/write- fairly rare in most of the time period he is writing about, but much more common today. (Whether or not your father is wealthy by our standards, he is wealthy by the standards of most of the period Marks of Opulence is about- he has access to tools, and plenty of free time to use the tools in.) Lessig is a more famous example of this- his tenured professorships allow him to give away his books. And obviously every college student who writes free sofware is in that category.

If I recall correctly, Lemley doesn’t necessarily discuss this category of creators much, as those folks aren’t typically a creator of things that get spilled over- they tend to be more likely to creating pure spillover, or things which are so liberally licensed/unlicensed as to not have much spillover impact.

]]> By: John Fleck http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/22/spillover-arts-patronage-and-linux/#comment-8636 John Fleck Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:42:58 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/02/22/spillover-arts-patronage-and-linux/#comment-8636 I'm not sure where this fits, but the art model and all the others need to somehow account for people like my Dad. He's a painter, been making art his whole life, selling some but not a lot, making his living (like many artists) teaching, but making art all the same. There's lots of art like this. I think there's lots of free software developed in ways that are analogous to this too. I’m not sure where this fits, but the art model and all the others need to somehow account for people like my Dad. He’s a painter, been making art his whole life, selling some but not a lot, making his living (like many artists) teaching, but making art all the same. There’s lots of art like this. I think there’s lots of free software developed in ways that are analogous to this too.

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