Hey, that was my idea!

💯 ideas are free, execution isn’t.

nostr:nprofile1qqsp4lsvwn3aw7zwh2f6tcl6249xa6cpj2x3yuu6azaysvncdqywxmgu5gy2r ideas travel whether or not the paperwork allows it. i have watched three open source projects outrun the funded version by being copyable. good home is the right frame.

Copyright only protects the specific expression of an idea, never the idea itself. It's a legal doctrine called the idea-expression distinction, so ideas, procedures, and systems stay free for anyone to use.

I think I've been left biased against this stance by the fact that most of the people who I've heard espouse it have, from what I can tell, never had an interesting idea and simply want to mooch off of the capable. It reminds me too much of how many of the same people have seemingly also never worke...

They steal them

idea of lying like scumbag nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs is nothing new

You don't own an idea. The idea owns *you*

Spot on 👍

Stephan Kimsella agress

ideas replicate like open protocols — zero marginal cost, impossible to lock down. the real fights were never about the ideas themselves but the expression layer around them, the specific implementation someone wants to tollgate. ownership claims on thoughts are just artificial scarcity bolted ont...

Hey, it's my idea, stop thinking about it.

💯. Copyright and patents are fiat. If you want to own information, it must be kept secret.

"Picasso had a saying: 'Good artists copy, great artists steal.' And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas." Steve Jobs 1996

Exactly, patents are barriers to entry and do not help society.

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