By not stealing ideas, you are doing a favour to the original creator. It is a very nice thing to do - not to steal ideas, and just out of respect you shouldn't steal ideas.
But, there are no rules or laws about stealing other people's ideas (except in J2HG) so if you absolutely have to steal someones idea, then do it. There is nothing stopping you.
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With our extreme gelatinous apology,
We beg to inform your Imperial Majesty,
Unto whom be dominion and power and glory,
There still remains that strange precipitate
Which has the quality to resist
Our oldest and most trusted catalyst.
It is a substance we cannot cremate
By temperatures known to our Laboratory.
~ E.J. Pratt
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