secrecy orders have been imposed not only on inventions affecting military defense but also on those alleged to threaten economic stability, with critics noting that many such restrictions rest on speculative or unproven harms.
But also
The law applies broadly to all inventions in the United States for which a patent is filed or granted (35 U.S.C. § 181).
So if you really do have a society changing invention - one that could upset this capitalist or neoliberal world order - it is your duty to publically release it and not patent it
I suspect the “threatens economic stability” is stuff like printers that can produce dollars and the type of paper/thread/plastic material that makes up modern currency. I think people are looking for a conspiracy here when it’s just a logical choice. Some things people shouldn’t have a playbook on how to create.
The US government fought encryption beyond the millenium. Pretty much still is as it gains backdoors everywhere.
In which case some rich cunt will patent it and nuke the internet of its details
No.
Worst kind of poster, sees a ratioed a comment jumps in for an easy jab. If I’m wrong so be it but you added less than anyone to this thread. You could have corrected me but nothing was easier.
It’s your burden to show when things like that happened. You just said a vague sentence while acting like you’re adding to the conversation.
You weren’t.
