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> That's just it, nobody looking to get paid by OpenAI actually did any labor for OpenAI. They did labor for other reasons, and were happy with it

Nobody working on a new cancer drug actually did any work for me. They did labour for other reasons, and were happy with it.

There it is okay for me to steal their recipe and sell their cancer drug.

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Nope, but it’s ok for you to read their recipe if they place it on the internet (research paper), and use it to make your own drug.

And that is a good thing we should all celebrate.

The entire point of the patent system was to say inventors can put their design on the net without it being stolen; so future inventors can build on their work.

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