person:alex cabal

The Cult of #Design_Dictatorship - Alex Cabal
►https://alexcabal.com/the-cult-of-design-dictatorship

What struck me about the post is that the main complaint the author seems to have is about a problem that I’ve been thinking about for some time now. It’s a problem that doesn’t just apply to #Gnome 3—though Gnome 3 certainly suffers from it. It’s the problem of the Cult of #Design Dictatorship.
This cult is insidious. Its two main tenents are:
The designer is always right.
If you don’t like what the designer is doing, you’re wrong, and you should go somewhere else.

Why I release things into the public domain - Alex Cabal
▻https://alexcabal.com/why-i-release-things-into-the-public-domain

Recently I read a really interesting article by the author of Zen Habits, Leo Babauta, about something he calls Uncopyright. It’s his term for releasing something into the public domain.
Leo’s rationale for releasing his work into the public domain really resonated with me. It resonated with me so much that I’m releasing my own writing in this blog, along with the content of a few other projects of mine, into the public domain as well.
For those of you who’re interested, I’m going to lay out my reasoning for this decision. But Leo’s article, I think, does a much better job of explaining things than I can. You should read his take on it first.

#droits_d'auteur #propriété_intellectuelle #copyright #domaine_public #communs