I think we would be better off, if we follow the pharmacy world. Like they have full controls over a new vaccine for x years and then it becomes generic! Problem is that technology space moves so fast that if x year term is say 5-10 years , that would nullify entire process!
> I think we would be better off, if we follow the pharmacy world. Like they have full controls over a new vaccine for x years and then it becomes generic! Problem is that technology space moves so fast that if x year term is say 5-10 years , that would nullify entire process!
That is, in fact, how copyright works, and the original term was 14 years. Since then, the term has been extended several times in the name of "harmonization", and the term is currently so long it might as well be infinite, as far as software is concerned.
