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dragonwriter on July 4, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted co...

> Intellectual property itself is silly. How can a thought be the property of someone ?

No category of intellectual property covers thoughts, so the question has no relevance to the preceding statement.

CRConrad on July 4, 2021 [–]

An equally valid, AFAICS, way of looking at it is that "intellectual property" covers nothing but thoughts, only expressed in different forms.

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