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by BeFlatXIII 226 days ago
Good. Bacteria have the right idea about plasmid-swapping. Information is meant to be collective.
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Of course, if you give people fewer incentives to share their information they can and often will simply keep it private. You can't copy information that people never gave to you, regardless of the law.
Make industrial espionage legally forgivable, but only if it is shared to the public.