[pydry]

People have an innate desire to invent and create. This is why so many people do it for zero extrinsic reward. Hell, this is the case for almost every musician. They are fed a pittance in streaming, only a bit more than most OSS developers get.

This intrinsic motivation is more normally "farmed" by investors who capitalize and capture the IP value for themselves. This actually has a detrimental effect on innovation.

Doing away with or watering down intellectual property protections will just take big meaty chunks out of the stock market and partly equalize wealth distribution.

It'll probably spur innovation too - historically it usually has, but preserving the existing social order takes precedence over that which is why a lot is invested in persisting the myth that it aids rather than hinders innovation.