Ok, so they aren't building the thing yet, but this kickstarter is for doing reasearch needed for a feasibility study on building an ELEVATOR TO SPACE.
Pretty damned cool.
They are asking for funding for scientific research but will be neither offering a return on investment (as I would expect from a business), nor to put their research into the public domain (as I would expect from a charity or Non-profit).
Either if they either offered a return for eventual profits OR put their research into the public domain, I would be allllll kinds of all over this.
They are asking for funding for scientific research but will be neither offering a return on investment (as I would expect from a business), nor to put their research into the public domain (as I would expect from a charity or Non-profit).
Either if they either offered a return for eventual profits OR put their research into the public domain, I would be allllll kinds of all over this.
Per kickstarter's TOS they cannot offer a share in their profits.
As it stands, they are selling you a product at all of their backer levels in order to fund a project they have the expertise to do. I'm not sure how I feel about all of the rewards, but you are not donating to the project without compensation at any level (except perhaps the school project ones).
I agree with you about the public domain though. I would put a lot more money forth if it did enter the public domain.
They are asking for funding for scientific research but will be neither offering a return on investment (as I would expect from a business), nor to put their research into the public domain (as I would expect from a charity or Non-profit).
Either if they either offered a return for eventual profits OR put their research into the public domain, I would be allllll kinds of all over this.
Per kickstarter's TOS they cannot offer a share in their profits.
As it stands, they are selling you a product at all of their backer levels in order to fund a project they have the expertise to do. I'm not sure how I feel about all of the rewards, but you are not donating to the project without compensation at any level (except perhaps the school project ones).
I agree with you about the public domain though. I would put a lot more money forth if it did enter the public domain.
Sorry, I wasn't impying that they could.
I honestly don't think that this is technology that should be owned. But if it is going to be, I certainly don't want to be donating funds without receiving some share of profit.
Far better that this be a charitable effort, or transnational endeavour, like CERN.
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They are asking for funding for scientific research but will be neither offering a return on investment (as I would expect from a business), nor to put their research into the public domain (as I would expect from a charity or Non-profit).
Either if they either offered a return for eventual profits OR put their research into the public domain, I would be allllll kinds of all over this.
Per kickstarter's TOS they cannot offer a share in their profits.
As it stands, they are selling you a product at all of their backer levels in order to fund a project they have the expertise to do. I'm not sure how I feel about all of the rewards, but you are not donating to the project without compensation at any level (except perhaps the school project ones).
I agree with you about the public domain though. I would put a lot more money forth if it did enter the public domain.
Sorry, I wasn't impying that they could.
I honestly don't think that this is technology that should be owned. But if it is going to be, I certainly don't want to be donating funds without receiving some share of profit.
Far better that this be a charitable effort, or transnational endeavour, like CERN.
I agree entirely. But with public funding in research being gutted, I would rather see a company developing these technologies and gathering the data than no one doing anything.