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Another possible benefit of opening it up is that maybe someone else would see a way to speed up production because they have an outside perspective.
by thayne 6y ago
Another possible benefit of opening it up is that maybe someone else would see a way to speed up production because they have an outside perspective.
- visarga 6y agoClearly patents and secrets work against humanity in this instance. The government should just buy the tech and open it up.
- thayne 6y agoI think that in general patents, copyrights, trade secrets etc. have a negative impact on innovation by hindering potential innovators from building on the works of others. The question is, is that negative impact offset by the positive impact of the incentives to innovate granted by exclusive rights to IP?
- camkego 6y agoYou don't think the government already thought of that? (for patents in general, that is). From wikipedia: Section 1498 gives the federal government of the United States the "right to use patented inventions without permission, while paying the patent holder 'reasonable and entire compensation' which is usually "set at ten percent of sales or less" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_patent_use_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_patent_use_(United_...