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This is just plain wrong. Ideas certainly are property. Ever heard of a patent?
by hunterjrj 18y ago
This is just plain wrong. Ideas certainly are property. Ever heard of a patent?
- olefoo 18y agoYou are wrong; a patent is the _rights_ to exploit an idea, but it is not the idea itself, and one of the explicit purposes of the patent system is to ensure that the ideas behind the patent are made public.
- olefoo 18y agoI was wrong about this; a patent is the right to _exclude others_ from making, building, using or otherwise developing an invention. Subtle but important difference.