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Re:Winning the Blackbird Battle by pnw_hazor on Thursday February 14, 2019 @07:47PM (#19167580)
The public also benefits from people inventing alternatives to patented inventions.
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Re:Winning the Blackbird Battle by throwaway415415 on Thursday February 14, 2019 @08:35PM (#19167808)
That's debatable. Your point is that patent would encourage diversity which I'm sure it doesn't change much. Worst it sometimes prevents advances
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Re:Winning the Blackbird Battle by lessclue on Thursday February 14, 2019 @11:33PM (#19168473)
How’s that good for the public?
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Re:Winning the Blackbird Battle by cuu508 on Friday February 15, 2019 @12:48AM (#19168742)
More alternatives to choose from.
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