> Research should be public? > Wtf? So every company should share everything? > Wtf? How realistic is that??? That's not what "research should be public" mea

> Research should be public? > Wtf? So every company should share everything? > Wtf? How realistic is that??? That's not what "research should be public" means. It just means that the existing institutions which the public funds for research (universities and research labs) should have their remit expanded to include "private" R&D for public benefit; and that, additionally, the public sector should routinely buy out valuable private R&D, perhaps via formally-established "prizes" - instead of merely allowing it to be monopolized via IP protection. We spend a lot of tax money already to fund private R&D by firms, that could instead be directed to fund these mechanisms.