Reinventing The Wheel in each new task - how far back have trade secrets held us?
Project: Start your own revolution
Project: Start your own revolution
Trade Secrets and NonDisclosure Agreements are a plague on reusing valuable knowledge and tools.
Some tools are shared, at a price that can just barely compete with open source, but mostly businesses Reinvent The Wheel because they dont want other businesses to benefit from what they've created for their private strategy to dominate a market. Its their edge, and they're like the sick people who cut themself with it.
How far back have trade secrets and nondisclosure agreements held us back as a society? What is the ratio of duplicated work to original work?
Some tools are shared, at a price that can just barely compete with open source, but mostly businesses Reinvent The Wheel because they dont want other businesses to benefit from what they've created for their private strategy to dominate a market. Its their edge, and they're like the sick people who cut themself with it.
How far back have trade secrets and nondisclosure agreements held us back as a society? What is the ratio of duplicated work to original work?
Tue, Mar 11, 2014 Permanent link
Categories: copyright, patent, trade secret, strategy
Sent to project: Start your own revolution
Categories: copyright, patent, trade secret, strategy
Sent to project: Start your own revolution
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