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> Because Apple paid to produce that knowledge? It's good that people can spend a lot of time and money developing new knowledge and then for some period of tim
by Marsymars 3mo ago
> Because Apple paid to produce that knowledge? It's good that people can spend a lot of time and money developing new knowledge and then for some period of time they get to exclusively reap the rewards of doing so.
You’re describing patents?
- JumpCrisscross 3mo agoAnd NDAs. I may develop a non-patentable technique. That doesn't mean I can't share it with you under NDA and, if you breach said NDA, enforce it.
- SoftTalker 3mo agoTrade secrets. A legally recognized thing, and legally protected.
- estearum 3mo agoI'm describing "intellectual property," patents being only one way to legally protect such property.