[theophrastus]

Of the many examples of science getting nasty in the past, one could hardly do better than to revisit the "invention" of calculus. One which raged for at least two decades, and involved names now rightfully known to nearly the entire human race[1]. Then there's the still unresolved mess of who discovered the structure of DNA and the question of whether the Nobel prize partly went to someone who 'stole' the data 'over the shoulder' of someone who should have received far more credit[2]. So over its long history I think we've been very consistent in our discreditable behavior of granting scientific credit; and notice that the business notions of IP are a very recent addition to this struggle. When the treasure is seen as vast, and there's clearly enough for all, that's exactly when sharing is likely to be at a nadir; such is lamentable human nature -sigh-

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz%E2%80%93Newton_calculu...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin#Contribution...