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noduerme • yesterday at 11:31 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

The alphabet is everyone's to use freely. If the alphabet were distributed under a GPL, and I used it without attribution, that would be theft.


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carlosjobim • yesterday at 11:56 PM

No, the alphabet was secret knowledge belonging only to the initiated priest class before people stole it and divulged it to the public. Now you owe their descendants royalties for a lifetime use of the alphabet, unless you're a thief.

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