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  1. Newsgroups: sci.crypt
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!telebit!phr
  3. From: phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin)
  4. Subject: Re: Public Key Patents
  5. In-Reply-To: unruh@physics.ubc.ca's message of 17 Nov 1992 20:06:20 GMT
  6. Message-ID: <PHR.92Nov19225721@napa.telebit.com>
  7. Sender: news@telebit.com
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: napa.telebit.com
  9. Organization: Telebit Corporation; Sunnyvale, CA, USA
  10. References: <921115143047.034931@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL> <1992Nov17.055106.5154@netcom.com>
  11.     <1ebjbsINNgfv@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>
  12. Date: 19 Nov 92 22:57:21
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  15.     There is a balance between the recovery of "public money" and not
  16.     removing the incentive to comercialise an invention. Remember that the
  17.     public also gets money back ( thorugh taxes etc) when an invention is
  18.     successfully developed and sold.
  19.  
  20. Um, remember we are talking about patents *preventing* inventions
  21. from being developed and sold.
  22.