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> Maybe we could start with "common good" patents (as determined by a board of smart people) being invalidated. Solutions which require "choose the right peopl
by vasco 4y ago
> Maybe we could start with "common good" patents (as determined by a board of smart people) being invalidated.
Solutions which require "choose the right people" usually degenerate into corruption.
- Kim_Bruning 4y agoProbably do, at that. However, patents have been known to stifle innovation at critical junctures in history. Patent pools seem to have been one way to patch that over wrt "common good" kinds of patents.(though at the time it was too little too late) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers_patent_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers_patent_war