alt Hacker News> Because Apple paid to produce that knowledge? It's good that people can spend a lot of time and money developing new knowledge and then for some period of time they get to exclusively reap the rewards of doing so.
You’re describing patents?
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JumpCrisscross • yesterday at 11:36 PM
And NDAs. I may develop a non-patentable technique. That doesn't mean I can't share it with you under NDA and, if you breach said NDA, enforce it.
estearum • yesterday at 11:40 PM
I'm describing "intellectual property," patents being only one way to legally protect such property.
Trade secrets. A legally recognized thing, and legally protected.