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		crises-luff-6b 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Colleges must give up federal funding to achieve t... Why do these researchers get to benefit from patents and other intellectual property generated using the public money? The IP generated here should immediately enter the public domain.

bytematic 7 months ago [–]

same for companies that take federal money

garrettgarcia 7 months ago | [–]

Yet another reason to not take federal money

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