Re: [microsound] re:: politics of parasites

[Jan Larsson <moskvitch@xxxxxxx>]

So you think capital is the defining factor of autonomy? 

The problem with your reasoning here is the stealing. By doing so you are doing
an imperialistic act and to gain your own autonomy you are stealing it from
someone else.

It may be from some u.s. corporate entity, a typical software company or from a
couple of poor developers in the 3rd world. And there is no way for you to find
out.

Is it o.k. to steal from cycling74?

If you want to remain capital-free then use free software. There is enough of
good free software around and this is the road to true capital-avoiding
autonomy.

If you want to make a point: declare openly on the CD-cover that you use stolen
software (and from whom you stole it) and try to make a difference. 

> I agree that buying software does not lead directly to autonomy.  The
> interesting thing for me about software instruments is the ability for
> people to share their code, and incorporate little bits of others' code 
> into
> their own.  Shared software systems like this are definitely 
> temporary... in
> what way are they not? My software instrument, which is always changing, 
> has
> all sorts of code written and shared by other people... I think that's 
> rad.
> Although I have sympathy for coders who wish they could earn a living 
> off
> coding, I do agree that stealing software is part of one of many 
> possible
> routes to autonomous, capital-avoiding behavior.
> 

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