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I disagree with this positioning for a few reasons: 1. CryptoPunks were given away free. 2. @larvalabs, the artists who made CryptoPunks, explicitly stated they couldn't be changed, even if they wanted to change them. 3. The artists also explicitly stated the code and it's functions are just as much "the art" as the visual imagery. 4. There's no obligation or expectation that all other artists and all other projects need to copy CryptoPunks. So to be clear, LL isn't choosing not to change CryptoPunks, they are unable to because that's how they designed it from the start. That doesn't mean another artist has to follow that same plan, or has to commit to not changing something. It doesn't even mean LL needs to do the same thing in later projects. This discussion is happening because @lphaCentauriKid continues to change Argonauts (just as @jackbutcher and others have done with other projects in the past). To my knowledge A.C.K. never said "I can't/won't ever change this" the way LL did, so even the implication that he should be held the the same standard is problematic. And by the way, I'm not suggesting @Punk4725 is holding A.C.K. to that standard, but plenty of other people are and that's a whole other issue. No one, no matter how "og" they think they are, should feel like they can tell artists what they are allowed to do with their work. We've seen a few different examples of that in recent days (including a collector arguing their own religious beliefs should dictate what subjects artists are allowed to explore) and it's ugly every time. If you don't like a piece of art, or what an artist is doing, don't buy their work. Simple as that. But don't think you have any right to try and tell them to conform to your demands.