From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Wed Jul 30 2003 - 00:40:20 MDT
OFFLIST,
Emlyn,
> Can the policy analysis market work without DARPA funding/backing? Is there
> some reason that a private entity couldn't create & run it?
In fact there appear to be two private entities involved (from what
I have read) -- whether they could manage to muster the support
required depends I think in large part on how clever Robin is.
I suspect most of the "investment" is already a sunk cost
(i.e. the project development is a done deal).
Obviously the proposal would not be structured such that government
funding was going to reward the investors in some way (at least I
hope that was not the case). So once one has the software, web
site design, etc. it is hard to "destroy". Of course a lot may
depend on who "owns" the IP -- things are sticky in this area
in the U.S. (Though, in theory, I think either Robin or GMU
"should" own the IP under current U.S. laws...)
Robert
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