He was just distilling the real world implications of the 3 paths of IP in a succinct way. I agree with him on all points, and he is accurate in his statements.

He was just distilling the real world implications of the 3 paths of IP in a succinct way. I agree with him on all points, and he is accurate in his statements. He's inviting you down from a pedestal you may have put you and your software on: if you create something great, expect to be copied, and expect it to be considered a standard feature when someone else does it. Because really, thats how "features" are born. You can trademark your name for it, which will make it harder to advertise the feature as the same. I think this piece was intended as an eye opener, and a blunt one, because the world isn't going to soften its blows on you.