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Now imagine what would happened if Euclid's books (and Newton's Principia) were Copyrighted until today.

• foobar1962 29d ago
  That's confusing copyright with patents. The right to publish Newton's books is separate from being able to apply the knowledge which a patent protects. Note that math equations cannot be patented.
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  • anthk 29d ago
    > Note that math equations cannot be patented. RSA can if you equal factors to 0.