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Legal vs. Legitimate, good article by @hongminhee洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

> Whatever courts eventually decide about AI reimplementation, the question we need to answer first is not a legal one. It is a social one. Do those who take from the commons owe something back? I think they do. That judgment does not require a verdict

"Can the commons expect something back from those who extract value?" is a key question of Social experience design. The answer forms one of 3 core principles: The Mindfulness principle.

No. You can't expect *anything* back. That philosophical insight is crucial to organizing a healthy commons that's able to retain its value and evolve.

Paint any principles and values on a flag but as long as the battle is scattered farmers holding feeble Copyright Law pitchforks against a vast drone army, its no use. Know thy enemy helps too. It's not proprietary code or corporations. It's hypercapitalism: The Rules of Battle.

writings.hongminhee.org/2026/0

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"I created this and I expect contributions and caretakers". No. Wrong expectation. It doesn't work that way.

As dev one starts a project based on ones own self-interested motives. We had needs to be satisfied, and addressing them is the reward, the return value. We cannot *expect* that to just flow to us, must assure it instead. Only where expectations are mutual can we count on them. Actual commitments underpin and drive collaborative arrangements.

> “Ask not what you can do for the commons, but what the commons can do for you.” — First principle of Hedonic peer production.

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FOSS is asking sacrifice. Grab your pitchfork, be poor and hungry. Wave our flags of unwarranted expectations. Let's fight the enemy while producing their grain!

Only the most fervent join. Natural activists all, flag bearers in many color variations.

To others there's no rallying cry, no attraction. No reward in sight. There's no intrinsic motivation.

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