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Why didn't Jonas Salk patent the polio vaccine? ?
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- The First DragonLv 75 months agoFavorite Answer
He wanted it to be available to everybody with a minimum of red tape.
- Nuff SedLv 72 months ago
It is costly and time-consuming to obtain a patent, which is hard to justify if you're not planning to enforce it anywhere.
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