> It is interesting, that the inventor of one of the most popular computer interface devices ever in the world didn’t received any royalties for his mouse inve

> It is interesting, that the inventor of one of the most popular computer interface devices ever in the world didn’t received any royalties for his mouse invention. As he received the patent as an assignor of SRI, SRI licensed it to Apple for something like $40000, which was ridiculous. Engelbart received nothing! Are they implying Engelbart (who was a founder of a department at SRI) did unpaid work and did not get compensated with wages or similar while working? Stanford Research Institute is also as I understand it a non-profit, so I would expect most proceeds to go back to the institute rather than being extracted from it.