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June 12, 2004

Taran's laws of intellectual usability

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Taran's Laws of Intellectual Usability

Taran's First Law:
Intellectual Usability of any item is directly proportional to the amount of Freedom associated with the use of the item, which is inversely proportional to the amount of 'intellectual property' law it must conform to. (see note 1)

Taran's Second Law:
aka "The Law of Proportionate Freedom" - The Degree of Intellectual Usability of an item does not affect the amount it is intellectually used; rather, it defines the capacity for the item to be intellectually used.

Taran's Third Law:
aka "The Law of Proportionate Value" - The greater the intellectual usability of an item, the greater it's potential value is. The lower the usability of an item, the lower it's potential value.

Taran's nth Law:
aka The Law of Recursion on Laws of Intellectual Usability - All Four Laws of Intellectual Usability are subject to recursion in terms of Intellectual Usability, with the Exception of Taran's nth Law.

There's probably more. Or less. I always wanted to use nth in a Law - Taran Rampersad

note 1: Public Domain is the ultimate in Intellectual Usability.

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Laws of Intellectual Usability copyright 2004 Taran Rampersad.