▲ 76 ▼ EA opens up more patents for increasing Accessibility in gaming (www.gamingonlinux.com) submitted 2 years ago by DannyMac@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments Alternate headline: "EA did a good thing in latest attempt to get off naughty list"
[–] Perroboc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh boy are you wrong. Check out the patents to polio vaccines, or Volvos three point seatbelt. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Poayjay@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What? There was no polio vaccine patent. The inventor literally did exactly what I suggested. He made his work freely available so that it could not be patented. Volvo made a business decision to make their patent freely usable and we are still talking about it. Their brand has been permanently associated with safety because of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Perroboc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Exactly! They tried to patent it, but it didn’t meet the requirements (https://www.ipeg.com/jonas-salk-inventor-of-the-polio-vaccine-could-you-patent-the-sun). Notice how they tried to patent it “to prevent companies from making unlicensed, low-quality versions of the vaccine. There is no sign that the foundation intended to profit from a patent on the polio vaccine.” EDIT: and on the other hand, you get things like insulin, where the patent was sold for $1 (https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expensive) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Poayjay@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What? There was no polio vaccine patent. The inventor literally did exactly what I suggested. He made his work freely available so that it could not be patented. Volvo made a business decision to make their patent freely usable and we are still talking about it. Their brand has been permanently associated with safety because of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Perroboc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Exactly! They tried to patent it, but it didn’t meet the requirements (https://www.ipeg.com/jonas-salk-inventor-of-the-polio-vaccine-could-you-patent-the-sun). Notice how they tried to patent it “to prevent companies from making unlicensed, low-quality versions of the vaccine. There is no sign that the foundation intended to profit from a patent on the polio vaccine.” EDIT: and on the other hand, you get things like insulin, where the patent was sold for $1 (https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expensive) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Perroboc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Exactly! They tried to patent it, but it didn’t meet the requirements (https://www.ipeg.com/jonas-salk-inventor-of-the-polio-vaccine-could-you-patent-the-sun). Notice how they tried to patent it “to prevent companies from making unlicensed, low-quality versions of the vaccine. There is no sign that the foundation intended to profit from a patent on the polio vaccine.” EDIT: and on the other hand, you get things like insulin, where the patent was sold for $1 (https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expensive) permalink fedilink source parent