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.

Do you mind if I MITM all of your work output, your emails, your code, your messages, and attach my name to it and then receive your paychecks in exchange for my work?

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Marsymars 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> 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?

	▲	SoftTalker 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Trade secrets. A legally recognized thing, and legally protected.
	▲	JumpCrisscross 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		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 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I'm describing "intellectual property," patents being only one way to legally protect such property.