I completely agree with you. There should be zero licensing cost for patents created by a public agency. I don&#x27;t know why it&#x27;s the way it is and I&#x27;m going to assume it&#x27;s just another way for them to make money and fund other stuff which I kinda understand but that can also stagnate things.<p>I&#x27;ve worked with public agencies before and multiple times we were mandated by freaking congress to open source our work for anyone to use and we were contractors working for a public agency. Charging licensing fees to a public agency seems insane to me.