Not unreasonable maybe, assuming of course that the taxpayers nation's public will additionally pay their dues for all research ever funded in other nations on which the present research built.
On a balance I think it simplifies a lot if most that information is just shared generously and openly. The funders can often get a head start on gains from technical applications anyway, though better access to the researchers and infrastructure built up for the purpose.
Some economically strong nations have a habit of recruiting researchers away from their original setting around the point in time when it becomes obvious that their work is valuable though. Maybe that shouldn't always be happening without restrictions?
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Following that logic, would it be more correct to say: "It belongs to the taxpayers nations public"?
Not unreasonable maybe, assuming of course that the taxpayers nation's public will additionally pay their dues for all research ever funded in other nations on which the present research built.
On a balance I think it simplifies a lot if most that information is just shared generously and openly. The funders can often get a head start on gains from technical applications anyway, though better access to the researchers and infrastructure built up for the purpose.
Some economically strong nations have a habit of recruiting researchers away from their original setting around the point in time when it becomes obvious that their work is valuable though. Maybe that shouldn't always be happening without restrictions?