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Germany ignored patents and copyrights in the 19th century, and their economy rapidly industrialized.

The free software movement has shown that freely distributing IP is quite workable.




> The free software movement has shown

It’s very successful in areas where software is a “cost center” (i.e. allows companies to use it reduce the cost of developing (semi)proprietary software)and not the end product. Everywhere else it’s mixed or a failure (e.g. video games).


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