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Re:Half of taxpayer funded research will soon be available t... by betterunix on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @07:48AM (#7094896)
What difference does that make? Everyone benefits from the results of research.
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Re:Half of taxpayer funded research will soon be available t... by mogrim on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @10:13AM (#7095686)
I tend to agree, but you could argue that as US taxpayers are paying for the research it would be stupid/unethical/incorrect not to maximise any potential profit from its results.

(Note: I'm not a US citizen, I'm British. s/US/UK/ and the basic result is the same...)

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