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atomicxblue t1_j1wsg7t wrote

Reply to comment by ANOKNUSA in TIL Douglas Engelbart never received any royalties for the invention of the mouse. In an interview he said "SRI (Stanford Research Institute) patented the mouse, but they had no idea of its value. Some years later it was known that they had licensed it to Apple Computer for something like $40,000." by whoiskamalsingh

> “Share and share alike” was the common attitude among computer scientists and engineers back in the day, and had that not been the case, this thread would not exist.

Neither would my computer at home. I use linux so without that, I'd be looking at a blank monitor instead of videos / games at night after work.

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