Ben Franklin, "“That as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.”
US Constitution, Article 1, Section 8: “to promote the progress of science and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Jack Valenti, forever minus a day...
The fear of genericide and the enrichment of lawyers and the risk of bullying and overreach