"Open-source architecture can't be patented and hoarded." I agree with this and would add that trying to stop people from copying probably harms growth. So it can't be hoarded and that's a good thing.

Talking about stealing code takes focus away from the real arguments about how they work. Not saying Tron is better just my general open source philosophy for now. On the other hand it's not a good sign if they only copied because they don't have interessted developers. If that seems important but then that should be the argument, not that it's copied by it self?

It's not a huge deal really and I'm not in either camp regarding Tron/ETH. Just felt the "copy-paste bs" simplification went against your original post that I agreed with and enjoyed!