Can't we let the free market solve the problems with patents?
Like, if the government (or anybody, really) wants an invention to be open, they can offer the inventor/company some sum of money, and if they accept then they will have to explain how it works. Otherwise, it will remain a trade secret until someone else figures it out.
Like, if the government (or anybody, really) wants an invention to be open, they can offer the inventor/company some sum of money, and if they accept then they will have to explain how it works. Otherwise, it will remain a trade secret until someone else figures it out.