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I have concerns of universities and patents. I am leaning towards 'if you want to hold patents and be a non-profit, then all patents must be free use'. I coul

• tomnipotent 7y ago
  > I could be convinced otherwise Besides the fact that innovation needs to be funded? These things don't happen in a bubble, and financial reward has historically proven to be the greatest driver of innovation.
  • gumby 7y ago
    The Bayh-Dole act certainly has screwed things up in the academy though.
  • manquer 7y ago
    what if it is funded by grants and tax payer money ?
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    • delfinom 7y ago
      There's nowhere near as much grants out there as people think. And tax payer money subsidizes but doesn't cover all the costs in many universities.
• acomjean 7y ago
  Its happened before. I can't believe its not a worse problem (source, I worked at company before it let everyone go and started litigation. Google settled.) https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/01/google-to-jarg-we-didnt-infringe-and-your-patents-stink/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/01/googl...
• Angostura 7y ago
  I suppose it depends if you want your taxes to increase to keep funding the universities while private companies capitalise on their research for free.