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Originally Posted by Shaggy
That's pretty much what this thread is about. There may already be an existing implementation of an idea, but you can't stop somebody else from implementing the same idea in a different way.
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The problem comes up in exactly how "different" the implementation is. The more it appears to be the same as someone else's prior implementation, then the more likely it is to be either a patent or copyright infringement.
Either the idea needs to be original or the implementation needs to be original, otherwise you end up with a whole host of legal problems.