Richard Damon <rich...@damon-family.org>: > In the comparison to science, I would say that my guess is that a LOT > more science is being done by private companies being encouraged by > the promise of Patent protection than by the support of the general > public. Admittedly, there are likely significant differences in focus > of these aspects.
"Proprietary science" seems like an oxymoron to me. At best, profit-seeking research can produce scientific discoveries as a side-effect. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list