I think there has been growth, but do you think the only issue stopping the fediverse from growing faster is onboarding?

Current IP law may be too over reaching but I do like the idea that if an artist writes a song, or paints a picture others can’t just make copies and sell it. Similarly, if someone makes some invention its nice that there is an incentive to publish the technology openly for everyone to understand how it works, and in return they get to profit from their discovery for a set number of years.

Some design patents and patent tolls are obviously bad, but I think for the most part its a decent system. What compromise would you propose?

This is the obvious right answer. If computers shipped with Linux mint most consumers wouldn’t notice the difference.

Feel this is relevant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkpZggx4yNI

As a python lover, I have to ask, what don’t you like about it and what languages do you generally prefer?