> If you are just going to get it stolen, others will just invest in stealing. No one will waste on r&d. Okay, why does Linux exist? And why is it competitive

> If you are just going to get it stolen, others will just invest in stealing. No one will waste on r&d. Okay, why does Linux exist? And why is it competitive with every proprietary OS kernel? And why does it get development from for-profit companies? > There are reasons we have laws. Of course there are. Many of those reasons are not good. In the specific realm of intellectual property law, some of those reasons are "because Disney has lobbyists".