Originally Posted by
Lloyd McKinlay
Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and many, many more have attempted most if not all of the above. It has been that way throughout our history.
My understanding is that technology has something called FRAND. From Wikipedia:
Reasonable and non-discriminatory (RAND) terms, also known as fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms, denote a voluntary licensing commitment that standards organizations often request from the owner of an intellectual property right (usually a patent) that is, or may become, essential to practice a technical standard.
I wonder if something like this could be applied to woodworking machine design that potentially impact users' health and well being. My understanding is that Sawstop could be compensated for their intellectual property, they just couldn't get greedy and would have to make that I.P. available on fair and non-discriminatory terms. Or maybe I misunderstand, I'm certainly not a patent lawyer.