@WesternInfidels@feddit.online
Post #1178545
2026-04-04 21:33 UTC
Patents are a (relatively speaking) newfangled trick to turn ideas into legal "capital." In the same way that a corporation "is" a person.
The _backbone_ of capitalism? I'm not following that.
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@ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2026-04-05 02:22
Patents are a way to spread knowledge, whole still offering some [time limited] protections. Before them, trade secrets were the norm, and way too much knowledge was lost with it's creators.