I'm working on a sociology multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

consider whether any country has an exclusive right to knowledge and or science. can a single nation or for that matter a small group of nations stop scientific progress in other nations? on what moral and or legal grounds can they inhibit or prohibit other countries from developing new technologies that can challenge their monopoly on these technologies? in short shouldn't all nations, no matter how rich or poor, have the same rights to technologically advance themselves? if not, why not?