Re: Expand this to all technology
Patents are not the same thing as "plans" (tech data package). Older patents were often useful, but more recent patents are deliberately obtuse. They push the limits on the requirement that the description be sufficient to one skilled in the art.
By the way, patents and even applications are already in the public domain. Including any embedded "plans" LOL. The info is already in public domain (freely available, no cost, help yourself), just not the rights.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
