[MURG] Uploading IP (intellectual property)

[Yan King Yin]

From: "Randal A. Koene" <rak at minduploading.org>

>> 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.
>
>That's a curious thing to say and I'm not sure how it is relevant to the
>reality of funding. Whether or not a person thinks something is a
>"god-given right" has no bearing on whether funding is actually made
>available or not. It seems unlikely that the government bodies responsible
>for funding fundamental research would hand out money simply because the
>recipient has a particular ideology. It is more likely that the government
>sees a real benefit in funding the sciences.

Well, I'm not trying to criticize federal funding here.
I'm saying that the research consortium can be a bridge
between federal and private funding, as long as uploading
is concerned. You just assumed that I've said something
dumb; Let's raise the quality of this discussion.

I've already explained the rationale behind the research
consortium a couple posts back. I'm suggesting to give
academic researchers a slice of the pie of uploading. I
think this is quite reasonable. We're living in a world
where everyone is selfishly trying to grab more money
and at the same time prevent others from grabbing more.
This is all very natural and we should try to deal with
it.

The gist of the consortium is 1) to organize research to
focus on uploading, 2) to reward contributors in a more
accountable way, and 3) to seek more funding than is
currently possible.

YKY


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