No patents. Just a recognition of being first which entitles you to one year advantage over your competitors. And you have to have a product in the market in that year, so no patent trolls sitting on their asses collecting fees.
"funding comes from investment"
Well, yes and no, I bet you most of scientists and researchers work their butts off for recognition first, then money. When Flemming discovered penicillin he wasn't thinking on patenting that discovery, and I bet he wasn't being funded either, he just did it for the love of science and the greater benefit of humanity. The same can be said of Tesla. For the joy.
The same we code day and night for the love of our profession.
>When Flemming discovered penicillin he wasn't thinking on patenting that discovery
That's not how drug development works though is it, we can't rely on happy accidents for all scientific/medical advances.
>I bet he wasn't being funded either, he just did it for the love of science and the greater benefit of humanity
This works if you have a source of sustenance. It doesn't work against a backdrop of capitalism.
Tesla became wealthy through patents enabling him to fund his later experimentation. Whether he did it to further scientific understanding or not he benefited greatly both in wealth and ability to further his research because of the IP laws at the time.
Fleming discovered penicillin by accident, and then only used it in it's weak form to create vaccines that didn't actually work, though he still sold them and made good money from them. He actively discouraged his students from following it up or improving it and it was only later when government funding was made available to create an effective antibiotic that his research was resurrected and perfected.
No patents. Just a recognition of being first which entitles you to one year advantage over your competitors. And you have to have a product in the market in that year, so no patent trolls sitting on their asses collecting fees.
"funding comes from investment"
Well, yes and no, I bet you most of scientists and researchers work their butts off for recognition first, then money. When Flemming discovered penicillin he wasn't thinking on patenting that discovery, and I bet he wasn't being funded either, he just did it for the love of science and the greater benefit of humanity. The same can be said of Tesla. For the joy.
The same we code day and night for the love of our profession.