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> And "Nobody says copyright holders should be forced to publish their works." should be a warning flag to you. Once you get to a position that twisty, you shou
by tomp 12y ago
> And "Nobody says copyright holders should be forced to publish their works." should be a warning flag to you. Once you get to a position that twisty, you should think to yourself there's probably something wrong with it.
Strange, because that's exactly how the patent/business secrets laws work; a company is free to decide what they want to do with their new invention; they can keep it secret and risk someone else reinventing it, or they can publish it (submit a patent) and receive a temporary monopoly on that technology.
- waterlesscloud 12y agoWhat's being said here is that if you want to keep the rights to something, you must keep it to yourself. If you publish it, you must lose control. That's exactly the opposite of what patents say. Patents say if you want to publish something, you can still have protection for it.
- sp332 12y agoYes, that's correct. A patent is a legal construct that temporarily gives the creator more protections than they would "naturally" have. This is specifically done to encourage people to publish their ideas. After a time, this protection goes away and things are back to normal.