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It doesn't seem right if the NSA were to generate revenue by licensing its patents. Any technology that they'd consider monetizing obviously no longer fits the
by Dowwie 11y ago
It doesn't seem right if the NSA were to generate revenue by licensing its patents. Any technology that they'd consider monetizing obviously no longer fits the for-national-security-only category and so should instantly be open sourced.
Open sourcing declassified government technology really needs to become a 2016 initiative..
- corin_ 11y agoThere's plenty of private companies working on national-security level stuff, if the US Government is willing to buy, say, weapons from X company then why not license them patents to do it with?