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Universities, the GPL and Patents?

Posted by Cliff on from the research-for-everyone dept.

nonlnear asks: "I'm about to finish a PhD in Mathematics and am starting to realize that I am not a big fan of my university's policy about inventions, patents, software, and the like. The gist of it is: you invent while working here => we own everything => we will patent everything. I am planning on a career in academia, but am very conflicted about this way of doing things. What Universities out there will allow me to publish (otherwise patentable) software under the GPL?"

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  1. UoL by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Troll

    University of Life

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