Maybe some sort of prohibition on collecting if it can be proven that you chose to publicize it would be a good idea.
I argue that in your scenario, the reverse patent is unambiguously a good thing, as it bought us 40 years.
The same ugly incentives apply to pollution, ‘I can get money now, or leave an unpolluted world to posterity’, you don’t need too many people to think that way to get some severe harm.
Maybe some sort of prohibition on collecting if it can be proven that you chose to publicize it would be a good idea.
I argue that in your scenario, the reverse patent is unambiguously a good thing, as it bought us 40 years.
The same ugly incentives apply to pollution, ‘I can get money now, or leave an unpolluted world to posterity’, you don’t need too many people to think that way to get some severe harm.