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There is a missed oportunity for synergy between opensource movement the fact that in ex-Communism cultures, Intellectual Property is a new concept and an average person simply doesn't get it.

The typical narrative of "China/Russia stealing our tech" owes a lot to the fact that average Ivan does not know what IP means, but has been told that "Micorosoft owns Windows" and "Apple owns 'Slide to Unlock' " and then it sounds like a bad joke to him.

Here is a Chinese firm provising design free-as-in liberty to the world, which ARM/Intel are doing the opposite, I don't know we can capitalise on this opportunity, but we should do so without prejudice.




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