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We're not forced to choose. Unlike a patent, a trade secret leaves anyone else free to invent and use the same idea.
by bjt 13y ago
We're not forced to choose. Unlike a patent, a trade secret leaves anyone else free to invent and use the same idea.
- hackinthebochs 13y ago>Unlike a patent, a trade secret leaves anyone else free to invent and use the same idea. What is the probability that such an idea is independently recreated? Hard to say, but its likely inversely related to how ground-breaking the invention is, which are the ones that society benefits the most from them being made public.