> You appear to be under some delusion that when companies invest in developing and supporting software - or other things - they are behoven to give that away a

> You appear to be under some delusion that when companies invest in developing and supporting software - or other things - they are behoven to give that away as a charitable act. This is a lie and I never implied such a thing. What I'm saying is that when companies publish something, they should not then win some special rights of control over the people. You are free to keep ideas a secret, but as soon as you publish, people should be free and have the freedom to do what they want with those ideas. > Microsoft, for example, is a business tasked with making a profit. Thank you for telling me that my former employer is a for-profit business. I had no idea. /s