The right of an inventor to his invention is no monopoly - in any other sense than a man's house is a monopoly.

The right of an inventor to his invention is no monopoly - in any other sense than a man's house is a monopoly.

发明家对他的发明的权利不是垄断——从任何意义上说，就像一个人的房子是垄断一样。

-- Daniel Webster 丹尼尔·韦伯斯特