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The point is that patents don't appear to contribute to the sum total knowledge that academics build on top of. They're by and large intellectual dead ends, if
by jldugger 11y ago
The point is that patents don't appear to contribute to the sum total knowledge that academics build on top of. They're by and large intellectual dead ends, if profitable ones.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoOh I mostly agree. Some organizations will only fund you if they get IP out of it. Many significant tech in that area. But it's mostly an after the fact make money thing. Or just bullshit altogether.