The more widely-accepted term for nondestructive appropriation of creative content is ‘piracy.’
Vocabulary is not creative content.
Vocabulary absolutely can be creative content—boiling something down to a few words is a difficult art.
I would agree with it not being covered by various intellectual property laws.
Verbogeny is one of the pleasurettes of a creatific thinkerizer.
-- Peter da Silva
We have no disagreement here.
It’s not one I accept. I think it’s a very bad analogy, and refuse to use the word with that meaning.
How about, I’ll use it fairly with attribution where possible
Are you going to let that frog-boiler intimidate you?
The more widely-accepted term for nondestructive appropriation of creative content is ‘piracy.’
Vocabulary is not creative content.
Vocabulary absolutely can be creative content—boiling something down to a few words is a difficult art.
I would agree with it not being covered by various intellectual property laws.
-- Peter da Silva
We have no disagreement here.
It’s not one I accept. I think it’s a very bad analogy, and refuse to use the word with that meaning.
How about, I’ll use it fairly with attribution where possible
Are you going to let that frog-boiler intimidate you?