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Re:Paul Allen's new rocket-launching plane by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @11:42PM (#14457843)
The traditional rocket companies have no interest in reducing launch costs. Now they're looking like fools for letting SpaceX patent critical tech they could have developed 20 years ago.
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Re:Paul Allen's new rocket-launching plane by desdiv on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:36AM (#14458226)
SpaceX doesn't patent anything[0]. Tesla does file for patents, but has basically made all their patents free to use for all[1]. Seems like Musk is just not a fan of the patent regime.

[0] http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-patents-2012-11

[1] https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you

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Re:Paul Allen's new rocket-launching plane by CydeWeys on Thursday June 01, 2017 @05:13AM (#14458901)
Yeah, but if they'd gotten the patents then they could profit off them (i.e. rent-seeking). Elon Musk getting the patents removes those revenue streams.
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