Steven D'Aprano wrote: > e.g. the Wright Brothers weren't lone inventors working at a time when > everyone knew powered flight was impossible, they were experienced > engineers and glider-pilots who paid a lot of attention to research done > by their many competitors.
Be careful, the idea that human knowledge is a process of incremental improvements rather than pulled complete and inviolate out of the minds of a handful of individuals is pretty unpopular in this day and age. It's a lot harder to assert the existence of "intellectual property" that way, and there's just no money in *that* ;) cynically y'rs, - alex23 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list