I feel like this quote gets misused a bit by software people as a post hoc justification for selfish behaviors. The takeaway becomes that it is OK to steal, or

I feel like this quote gets misused a bit by software people as a post hoc justification for selfish behaviors. The takeaway becomes that it is OK to steal, or to present "stolen" or communally developed ideas as emanating from one person's ego. There is another reading possible that promotes humility. The notion that you didn't get there by yourself. That you took good ideas from other sources. We should be free, open, and quick to admit it.