[yummypaint]

This kind of software exists in an interesting space. It's effectively a medicine that can be distributed and administered at no cost. If we had a physical drug with those properties, access would be ubiquitous. Instead, the controlling company will likely use DRM and otherwise do everything in its power to prevent access. IP law is supposed to ultimately maximize public good by gaurenteeing a return on investment, but denying someone medical treatment that costs nothing just feels wrong.

[afastow]

I don't disagree with this principle but I'm not sure it's actually different than physical drugs. While a new drug is still patented the manufacturer is able to price it however they want.

In fact this video game seems to have gone through a reduced scrutiny process and I'm hoping they wouldn't somehow be given any sort of patent for how simple this game appears to be. So if it were actually effective and became popular it might end up being easy for competitors to make a substantially similar "generic" version. That's just pure speculation from me though.

Regardless I feel it's irrelevant for now since the claim that this game could actually help kids with ADHD seems baseless to me.