Jason Antic

Not sure if you noticed that I make art and my hope is that some of that will still be around when I am gone.

I noticed. I like it a lot. Your code is art too, though, even if you don't seem to think so. I appreciated the way your covid simulator worked.

The code is part of my art. If there was a code of honor in art where plagiarists and copycats are called out, - like for example in stand-up comedy - I would share more. But since even curators and critics in this field get constantly fooled by charlatans I choose obscurity.

Sure, that's fair. But ask yourself: why do you care so much about plagiarists and copycats? They're irrelevant. Everyone knows you made the work first, just like everyone knows @citnaj made deoldify.

I can't fault him! You know I'm keeping the latest code closed source now. I'd feel different about the subject if I felt like there was a way to actually make money and keep this going by open sourcing it. Unfortunately, artificial scarcity is the way to make a living.

Yup. Your mindset is his mindset. And it's worrisome. No one is going to swipe your code and then sell DeOldify without your involvement. The artificial scarcity argument doesn't hold water. It's like worrying someone will kidnap your child.

There's no reason for people to pay me if I give it away for free. That's the argument in my case.

So mistaken that it's "not even wrong." I love you man, but you have some weird mindsets about business. Like I said, I don't expect anyone to change their minds. But people pay for a service, not for code. And a service can't be so easily replicated.