PlayStation Preservation Team is What Nintendo Should Be Doing Too

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Chrkeller said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

I'm also software engineer (more a data scientist lately)

Computer science would be nowhere near where it is if everybody build their own software and just passed to their kids 

This thread made me have the great perception of how good is to not live in a libertarian world. Most of our cultural and scientific production wouldn't exist if ownership was restricted to individuals instead of public domain 

I have an advance degree in chemistry....  I do not agree with your view scientific production wouldn't exist if ownership is restricted.  For starters most products have restricted ownership by corporations and that creates competition which feeds innovation.  One of the reasons I have over 60 patents is to beat out my competitors and own spaces.  If everything I did was public domain I wouldn't work half as hard as I do, because it removes incentive.  Not too mention scientistific transfer of ownership is one of the reasons many items are overpriced in the market place.

And for those who don't share my libertarian beliefs, fair enough and no hard feelings.  Diversity in thought makes the world interesting and dynamic.

Inhowmuch patents and immaterial ownership rights hinder or improve innovation and scientific progress is actually a question that is scientifically discussed with differing results. As far as I know no conclusive answer has been found yet.

But to bring it back to the topic: patent right usually includes that the inventor publishes a description of his invention. That is intended to preserve this invention for the future - exactly what this thread is about. So in basic it is a deal that offers legal protection about exclusivity for a limited time to the inventor in exchange for preservation of his idea.