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Re:Russia to legalize software piracy by ajsnigrutin on Monday March 07, 2022 @09:01AM (#30587865)
Books were hand-made items, but machines and production techniques were copied a lot too, and also knowledge of eg. medicine.

Patenting a "ground flower X and leaves of plant Y in alcohol with sugar added" was not a thing back then.

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Re:Russia to legalize software piracy by j16sdiz on Monday March 07, 2022 @01:28PM (#30591450)
Back in those days, medicine recipe are held as secret.

Recipe as secret is not compatible with modern standards like peer-review / FDA approval, etc ...

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