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What'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 exa
by waterlesscloud 12y ago
What'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.