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by lovemenot 1479 days ago
May I ask, what proportion of the stuff you did not release on moral grounds were subsequently re-invented in short order?
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everything!

Which is one of the reasons I'm so completely against software patents and a large number of patents in general. Quite a few of them are simply things that the time is right for.

Here is one of my idea dump lists, you can check for yourself which ones are not yet done (which is probably a really small number by now) and which ones have turned out to be homeruns (and in some cases billion dollar+ companies).

https://jacquesmattheij.com/my-list-of-ideas-for-when-you-ar...

One that wasn't on there eventually led to https://pianojacq.com/, which I'm happy to report to date has not led to any kind of abuse. And no, it did not put any piano teachers out of business either.