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[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

This has always struck me as a dumb argument. Before "intellectual property" innovation was just technological advancement. Patenting is just enabling punishment against actual innovators. I am a welder. I make things. If I set out to make a stove, I don't give a shit who patented what fuel distribution system or air intake methodology, I'm gonna make a damn stove. The entire concept of being able to exclusively "own" a design or concept is reductive to human learning as a whole.