As the original poster said:
It's unproven that if the potential
financial windfall for patent licenses are not as good, innovators will stop
innovating.
There are many innovators out there:
Heavy profit is a
motive to some - Pure business people come to mind, they hire those that
actually do the innovating and some investors actually require patents before
they'll put money into an endeavor
Profit is a motive to some - I'd
like to think most mom-n-pop businesses fall into this category where they want
to "earn an honest dollar" - generate a reasonable profit on reasonable work
effort
Profit is not a motive to some - One can certainly claim P.J.
was innovative in putting together Groklaw and she's certainly not operating it
for profit.
As civilized people, we should be able to agree that there is a
diverse set of people and while some may "pack up their investment dollars and
go home without patents" others won't.
And lest anyone think all true
inventors patent, I point to the Franklin
Stove and Benjamin Franklin as an example.
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