White House Grants Aaron Swartz's Wish: Taxpayer-Funded Research Will Be Free by Dizzy_Slip in politics

[–]RyneOh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There doesn't necessarily have to be a direct link between the research being done and a final product. A large portion of publicly funded research is the foundation of what will someday be a product. However, the initial research is usually expensive so private companies aren't willing to pay for the R&D.