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A couple of centuries ago there was a movement to abolish patents. What stopped it was cheap imports threatening jobs - patents acted as a kind of import duty.
by hyperpallium 11y ago
A couple of centuries ago there was a movement to abolish patents. What stopped it was cheap imports threatening jobs - patents acted as a kind of import duty. Curiously, that was their origin.
- icanhackit 11y agoRelevant: Gongkai https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10353444 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10353444