>> I'll say ok to people owning a potato brand, ... > Are you opposed to all kinds of intellectual property protections or just this one domain? I tried to ma

>> I'll say ok to people owning a potato brand, ... > Are you opposed to all kinds of intellectual property protections or just this one domain? I tried to make this clear above: I can see some public value from some sorts of IP. > In particular, why should anyone put R&D into developing better varieties of crops if their innovations aren’t protected? Same reason farmers and monks have always worked to improve their crops? Same reason why KDE, Gnome and Linux exist? Making it better for me doesn't necessarily mean I have to make it useless for you?