tie a sharp pointy rock normally used as a knife, to a long stick you would use for walking. you now have invented a spear. combining technologies to make new technologies is a process of invention, or, at very least, innovation. obviously, their lack of ip controls of other technologies may prevent their invention from being patented/copyrighted though. some companies get around this by patenting or copyrighting the code necessary to facilitate the sub systems to work in conjunction.
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