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Is C-3PO's hardware and software open source? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by miyaheemiyahoo@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I think it might be, there's no way Anakin would be able to buy proprietary hardware or software. So either he stole it, which his mother probably would not have allowed. Or he was able to scrap all the parts together because there is a template for humanoid protocol droids that we have also seen round Star Wars. And then the software itself either Anakin programed entirely himself, (which I know he's very smart, but even that seems a stretch) or he forked it. So it would make more sense that there was an open source catalog of protocol droid software. It also would make more sense due to the fact that a lot of people have droids, but they are not all created equal. I would think many of the droids on Coruscant were proprietary, while many of the droids in the outer rim are open source.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, but you did talk about the internal logic of the Star Wars universe, and people like Star Wars. So, I launched into a small rant. My bad!

I meant 1984 the novel FWIW, where everything is really centrally controlled.

[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I tried to depict my belief, that copyright is a artificial construct, which needs enforcement to be effective. If no one takes repressive measures in their hand, people will ignore copyright laws.

I then took some plot devices and organisations from SW which represent repression and control to desribe that train of thought.

I failed to see the connection between this and your response, since you replied to me. But if there is none, that's fine by me. :)

PS: I think stories need to be larger than life to attract the audiences attention. It's the same recipe since ancient Greece's theatre works. Because people are people and they want what they always wanted.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'll admit I don't know tons about Star Wars, but isn't is a bit of a lawless universe? Not quite Mad Max, but, like, on it's way. Dotted with wretched hives of scum and villainy and all that.

So, control is loose enough to allow things like breaking copyright law, and the tradeoff is there's a lot of less sympathetic crime going on. Basically, you can have freedom, or you can have order, and both are double edged swords. People seem to spend a lot of time asking for more order, because even in very safe Western society they're afraid. Maybe they shouldn't do that.

PS: I think stories need to be larger than life to attract the audiences attention. It’s the same recipe since ancient Greece’s theatre works. Because people are people and they want what they always wanted.

Yep. even if you take danger out of the equation,