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Its because the old system prior to patents was the guild system. The biggest problem with guilds was the massive amount of information lost. So the balance wa
by crankylinuxuser 8y ago
Its because the old system prior to patents was the guild system.
The biggest problem with guilds was the massive amount of information lost. So the balance was "tell is how you did it clearly, and you get protections for 20 years-ish".
Turns out the description of what and how is easily games with horrendous legalese language.
- agumonkey 8y agoThis is why I believe that open hardware could be a solution nowadays. 100 years ago, a patent had lots of benefits. Today there's more side effects than social value. We could share, solve, enjoy more buy having a bit of reusable open parts and machines.