Yes, the difference between stealing and using an idea can be small.
Some ideas are very old and hard to pin point to a certain brain.
I used the virtual 3-axis coordinate system on a 2d-paper long before computers could draw images. I’m glad I didn’t have to pay 1 cent to do that.
Or did I? maybe it was paid for by somebody else…
I think this idea was invented during the greek period? When wise men had time to come up with brilliant ideas, and their slaves did all the work.
I don’t think ideas should be paid for forever, but good ideas should be rewarded with being able to do less labor, so they (the good idea havers) have time to come up with more good ideas.
