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If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)

If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)

Posted Feb 27, 2012 8:38 UTC (Mon) by blujay (guest, #39961)
In reply to: If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica) by dag-
Parent article: If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)

No, it wouldn't be stealing--it would be immoral (the patenting of it), but not stealing. Ideas cannot be stolen--they can only be discovered, shared, or kept secret.

I think that "kidnapped" might be the most apt term for what you described.


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