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		sverige on July 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IBM Closes Acquisition of Red Hat for $34B Well, there's probably some intimate knowledge of RH's customer base, their needs, their goals, etc., plus whatever processes RH uses to service them. It's not tech, but not all intellectual property is tech.

adrianratnapala on July 10, 2019 [–]

I think is what people might call "knowledge capital", "intellectual capital" or some such vague term.

In my experience IP corresponds specifically to legally recognised property in otherwise copyable information.

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