When you come up with an idea it’s “yours.” But, if somebody else comes up with instructions on how to do it, could they then patent or copyright the instructions?
I believe that if the original person that came up with it doesn’t patent it, and doesn’t write it down in a way that can be copied by an average person, then the follow-on instructions doesn’t belong to them. Why, because you need instructions to know how and if it works. For example, a lot of kids come up with ideas like a robot that cleaned their room. But, it’s not “theirs” if they don’t put together the prototype and instructions to do it!
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