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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by luma on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:55PM (#39985230)
Yes, he has a PhD in physics as well as being a practicing patent attorney, a skill he put to use over and over in the past 20 years. We don’t have to guess how this org will behave, we have plenty of history upon which to judge their sincerity.

If they want to give the patents (note the plural there) for the benefit of mankind, they can do so. They are not doing so.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by staticautomatic on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:51PM (#39985858)
Ok but why would he just “give” them? Patents can cost like $20k a pop to prosecute.
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by luma on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @07:38AM (#39989541)
Because he's pushing to have the technology covered by his remaining patents to be required by law. Do you think this is OK?
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by staticautomatic on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @07:57PM (#39996950)
No, but I don’t think he should be forced to give them away for free either. That’s literally an unconstitutional “taking”
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by lazide on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @08:22PM (#39997151)
How, if he is the one pushing for them?
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