• electrodynamica@mander.xyz
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    2 years ago

    What’s funny is this really illustrates why intellectual property and indeed capitalism could only ever be a failure…

    The whole system is predicated on being slightly better at getting something done and then holding on to that advantage forever through secrecy and legal protection instead of trying to improve.

    If there were no intellectual property, if everything were completely open, then the competition wouldn’t be about trying to hold on to a single advancement for as long as possible, instead it would be about competing to create better systems that continually bring more and more advancements.