> Do you agree/disagree that the government should give more money to universities, so all research can be free (as in freedom). This phrasing I agree with (co

> Do you agree/disagree that the government should give more money to universities, so all research can be free (as in freedom). This phrasing I agree with (conditionally). I think as a taxpayer if more money can let research be free with patents acting more like a way of enforcing that downstream work done based on that patent is also not patentable. To give you guys some more context. I don't necessarily think that the interests of the public are the same as the interests of a corporation. E.g. if I do research on finding a new way of curing AIDS and Big Pharma 101 takes that research and changes one tiny molecule, patents the resulting product and sells it for exorbitant costs, I should have a way to either make them pay or force to not sell it for such a cost. Considering that it is leveraged on my research.