[UFO Chicago] Intellectual property

[Neil R. Ormos]

Jordan Bettis wrote:
> Sean Neakums wrote:

>> I came across the following in Juri Haberland's signature:
>>>   If each of us have one object, and we exchange them,
>>>      then each of us still has one object.
>>>   If each of us have one idea,   and we exchange them,
>>>      then each of us now has two ideas.

> That's a modification of this quote:
> If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange
> apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But
> if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange
> these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.
>          -- George Bernard Shaw

Of course, that assumes that there's an "exchange" of two
ideas, as opposed to the usual case in which you have an
idea and I steal the idea without giving you something in
return.  You still have your idea, but if you didn't give it
to me voluntarily, I've been unjustly enriched.