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SARS Researcher Files Preemptive Patent Application

Posted by timothy on from the my-bug dept.

ocean-navigator writes " CP Press is reporting that the B.C. Cancer institute has filed a defensive patent application to ensure the information remains in the public domain. The lead scientist asked specifically for his name to NOT be on the application, as he feels that he made a discovery, not an invention. Nice to see a few people with principles, in my own backyard too!"

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  1. Idealist fools by Eric+Ass+Raymond · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    his name to NOT be on the application

    Looks like even researchers can be idiots.

    No patent == no increased funding == less resources for further research == less efficient research == more dead people.

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