I wrote about this for the Observer a while back: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;observer.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;06&#x2F;you-too-can-build-a-business-on-nasa-inventions&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;observer.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;06&#x2F;you-too-can-build-a-business-on-...</a><p>1) They can encourage innovation in house by letting their own engineers share in licensing fees
2) They give a lot of stuff away
3) They go out of their way to get people to use their inventions in ways that are good for everyone concerned.<p>I&#x27;m a little rusty on the topic since this was a few months ago, but they made a pretty good argument that their measured approach is in the public interest.