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Also during war patents are shared between all companies in one country or ignored all together. I think this is an under appreciated fact of why wartime creates all sorts of innovation.


That's a very interesting point! I wonder if allowing free use of information could result in the same benefits during peacetime.


Well that's how we got emacs so who knows.


Woah, I never thought about that. Do you know where I might be able to read more about copyrights / patent enforcement (or lack thereof) during wartime?


Here is one article discussing the US government pressuring aircraft engine manufacturers to cross license all their patents[1].

[1]https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/ch2.htm


That’s an interesting theory.




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