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>I would much rather this money be granted for research that then becomes public domain

That's not how it works though

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh%E2%80%93Dole_Act

Research from publicly funcded universities gets patented then turned around to fuck you and make you pay for it twice all the time



This falls under two wrongs.




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