@elaterite@mastoart.social @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
I think this only work if the new generation is not stealing the work, but building on it, recognizing the importance of the past in their present. It goes with a respect for the authors and their decisions.
Culture and not cultural appropriation.
(In science - since you took the shoulder analogy - this is also important, as you need to be able to doubt your foundation if you want to build on top of it)
PS: while I use the word stealing, I do not think of this primarily in economic terms, it is more personal than that (can't really explain what I mean here, sorry, seems it is not yet clear in my mind...)