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Safety features are not free and no one should expect them to be. If some safety feature is judged too important not to have, as it is common in cars, the gove
by GuB-42 5y ago
Safety features are not free and no one should expect them to be.
If some safety feature is judged too important not to have, as it is common in cars, the government steps in and makes it mandatory, but it doesn't mean there are no more licensing fees. At best, the licensing fees are limited to a fair price.
- michaelcampbell 5y agoLike the polio vaccine.
- WalterBright 5y ago> Safety features are not free and no one should expect them to be. There's a difference between the cost to provide something and the license fee. Note the Moderna licensed its covid patents for $0. > a fair price What's a fair price? What is the rule that says one party is greedy and the other is reasonable?
- ianlevesque 5y agoThere's a whole precedent for this with FRAND (Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory) licensing. It's really common for standards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminat...
- infogulch 5y agoAll patents (really, all licensable IP) should be subject to this.
- foepys 5y agoDid anybody use Moderna's patents? As far as I know nobody did because Moderna licensed them for a limited time in which nobody would be able to ramp up a completely new production line. Almost always those 0 cost licensing agreements are just PR stunts.
- robertlagrant 5y agoWalter: > On the other hand (!), maybe the onus for the lost fingers is on SawStop for demanding those licensing fees. Also Walter: > What's a fair price? What is the rule that says one party is greedy and the other is reasonable?
- meigwilym 5y agoNot that this proves or disproves anything, but Volvo famously gave away the patent for the three-point belt systems in cars. https://www.forbes.com/sites/douglasbell/2019/08/13/60-years-of-seatbelts-volvos-great-gift-to-the-world/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/douglasbell/2019/08/13/60-years... Sometimes companies and individuals think that it's wroth losing financially for the sake of wider safety.