> I can make millions out of it without given you a cent or direct credit and sources without paying you and can claim it all as my own then. This describes h

> I can make millions out of it without given you a cent or direct credit and sources without paying you and can claim it all as my own then. This describes how ideas work - and ideas are rarely (if ever) IP-locked by a first originator - because there usually isn't one. Everything by everyone, everywhere is built on the output of predecessors. Progress is a shared effort made up of minuscule increments or slight reorderings - which are typically done several times before they catch on. IP exists to hinder this process by preventing 99.99999% of potential people from advancing ideas.