Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.
Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts.
In social networks, you gain and bestow status through those you associate with.
An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.
Architecture trumps licensing any time.
The future is always scary to those who cling to the past.