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Re:What3Words sends legal threat to security researcher for ... by derivagral on Monday May 03, 2021 @10:05AM (#27025223)
Personally, I wonder if your argument changes if the thing in question is not a toaster but something the public wouldn't want to wait 15 years for. Medical vaccine, groundbreaking software, or an improved biological process using less antibiotics. A toaster doesn't really have immediacy, but this policy affects things that do.

I don't have a solution, just a vague feeling that in 2021 15 years seems like a very long time (for software, at least.)

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Re:What3Words sends legal threat to security researcher for ... by unityByFreedom on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:23PM (#27033055)
What company would buy the IP for a vaccine and not produce it? They cost billions to fund. It isn't sustainable to buy and sit on patents unless there are judges willing to uphold invalid patents for patent trolls, which is what has been happening with software patents.
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