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Anon is a gamer (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The solution to this is supposed to be the time limit: if your invention builds on a very recent invention, you may have to get permission from that inventor, but older inventions become common property and can be freely built upon. If that time limit gets too long, which it absolutely has, then that can end up causing more harm than good.