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This comment implies that most of the massive technological innovation since 1400s came around because of patents. That's far from the truth. Patent systems tha

This comment implies that most of the massive technological innovation since 1400s came around because of patents. That's far from the truth. Patent systems that old were local and very different from the modern variant. Besides, most regions didn't have patent systems at all. The Netherlands didn't really get patent law until early 20th century. That didn't stop them from innovating and inventing. Germany similarly.

oniony 3y ago
I did not read any such implication.
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- master_crab 3y ago
  The dash marks injecting the second part of the sentence does make a strong implication.
MRtecno98 3y ago
No, they are questioning the parent comment's argument that patents are against the basis for modern technological development itself, which is obviously false if patents where present well before this development
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