[MURG] Uploading IP (intellectual property)

[Yan King Yin]

>>From: Randal Koene
>>
>>Right. But if the original research is patented, could the original
>>researcher forbid the use of that research for any extensions that would
>>be patented in a "bad" way? In short, could it give leverage the way the
>>GNU GPL does in copyrights?

I think a similar movement could take place within the
research community, and it also illustrates the politics
of science can be very complex, that has nothing to do
with science per se. Some scientists think that it is a
god-given right to take tax-payer's money to do their
own research and afterwards release the results to the
public domain. This perspective is NOT free of ideology.
I think we should focus on solving the problem of
funding, not just for those people in academia only.

>From: "Joseph J. Strout" <joe at strout.net>
>
>No, I don't think so.  If the extensions merit a patent, then they 
>are considered a new invention and the original patenter would be 
>unlikely to win any lawsuit he might bring to bear, or so I believe 
>(usual disclaimers apply).

The original patenter can prevent the new extension from
being used without a license of the original invention.
Otherwise, patents would be meaningless.

YKY


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