Originally posted by erendorn
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When I was a kid, if I shared something with a friend I didn't have it at the same time they did (unless we were playing together with it), ie sharing involved an element of sacrifice.
Sharing via duplication, ie letting my friend have something while I keep it for my own use as well, is not the same thing at all.
It's probably too late, but we should think about using different terms for "taking turns using a single copy" and "giving copies to other people". Using the same word for two completely different things can trick smart people into making bad analogies.
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