BTW, pigeons are extraordinarily intelligent birdsAlso the fastest land bird in level flight. Clocked at what, 54 miles per hour.
Look at them. Barrel chested little things, all engine, no body. They became that way, over time, from the need to escape predators, with sprint power.
So ya.... best quarter mile? The lowly pigeon.
As for tweaks that are ’original’. the bybee devices, are to my understanding, ’original’. which means a notable amount of what they are is in the IP, or the intellectual property. The original ideas from that given intellect.
We have to respect the intellectual property, otherwise nothing would be here today, there would be no original works and humanity would not have moved forward. I believe there is also a limit in that area, re paying for it. But there is room for a middle ground in there, somewhere.
Perhaps the problem is one of intellectual theft being the fundamental in human behaviour re the aftereffect of human observation. Theft being the norm and all.
Importantly, If I spend 20-30 years figuring something out, and most of the change or difference is due to the 20-30 years of hard work and life spent/used up in that work, then..no one is getting that for free, just because they want it for free or think it should be free.
If they want it for free, then they can spend or work and sweat over something for 20-30 years and then just give to me and everyone else for free. See how they feel about that.