[http://sourceforge.net/p/ufoai/feature-requests/212 Item 212] imported from sourceforge.net tracker on 2013-01-28 20:16:10

i suggest that PHALANX can fill patents and then ...

start leasing technologies as valuable income

- as any deal such deals gets time limited
- obsolete technology leasing most likely aren't renewed after expire etc
- newest technology cost most to lease
(e.g. player may try demand higher price but other side may withdrawn)
etc.

still i believe some simplified version of technology licensing to improve the cash flow
this combined with option to lean some $ from bank(s)

- able lease the technology to Countries, UN and Corporations ;)

- randomly some firm can offer to buy the patent completely for huge price etc...


of course to get this working there must be some plan for ingame global market both for UN / countries governments and commercial corporations ...

p.s. to avoid time sink from complex economy
simplified version may take place with only Countries and UN leasing the tech (as the name DB already exist ingame)
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====== nobody (2008-02-27 14:22:41) ======

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One would hope that patent reform (or abolishment) would be done by 2080...

Ernestly, the countries are funding you with big money. Selling the research that you achieved with that funding back to them would be pretty crass. Countries could simply award more money at the end of the month for useful research (as they will do for more civilians saved etc.).

You could get more extreme by providing research projects that have no in-game benefit other than being a cash cow (Plasma Microwave Oven, anyone?).

All things considered, though, I think money-for-research makes the game less focused. There's always the old make-money-by-selling-plasma-rifles strategy...

====== geever (2009-04-07 09:26:53) ======

We don't plan such a feature in the game.

-geever