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Perhaps the university could receive an endowment and then leave the public sector. I know that taxpayers fund R&D too in the private sector with tax rebates an
by hnhg 17y ago
Perhaps the university could receive an endowment and then leave the public sector. I know that taxpayers fund R&D too in the private sector with tax rebates and the like so the situation isn't clear cut between the public and private sector.
I'm actually advocating that universities should release their IP into the public domain rather than profit from it. Would this preclude another Google from happening? I don't know. I guess there will be strong arguments against this and I'm happy to hear them in case I've not thought this out all too well :D
- bbgm 17y agoThat I don't disagree with per se. The tech transfer process is something that definitely needs to be modified. ibridge networks has a model that I find quite interesting and is along the lines of making pools of technology available that might be commercialized (not all university research, in fact only a small percentage can be commercialized). http://www.ibridgenetwork.org/ http://www.ibridgenetwork.org/