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minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoLicense and release it into the public domain: research, methods, processes, patents—the whole deal. Privatizing medicine, even elective medicine, just ensures predation.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoI’m not following. Making the results public domain doesn’t prohibit private companies from manufacturing for profit.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 days agoNo, you got it. It’s not about prohibiting profit, it’s about preventing the exclusive ability to profit. Think of generic medicines (in the US) versus brand equivalents and how vast their cost difference is.
License and release it into the public domain: research, methods, processes, patents—the whole deal.
Privatizing medicine, even elective medicine, just ensures predation.
I’m not following. Making the results public domain doesn’t prohibit private companies from manufacturing for profit.
No, you got it. It’s not about prohibiting profit, it’s about preventing the exclusive ability to profit.
Think of generic medicines (in the US) versus brand equivalents and how vast their cost difference is.