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@bascule ("Spooky RFC5280 Section 4.1.2.7 (SPKI) 🎃👻🦀🌹") retweeted:

@SchmiegSophie ("Sophie, indistinguishable from spooky random noise") wrote:

Patents on algorithms should not exist.

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@cronokirby ("Lúcás Meier") wrote:

Isn't it a bit odd for academic institutions to file for patents on their research?

Specifically in computer science / cryptography; even more specifically CNRS.

I guess there is a potential profit motive for spin-offs, and licensing deals, but this seems against their calling.