There are many people like me who would just like their work to be used by others without restriction
Actually this is still an unsolved issue.
If I want every use of my creative work to be unrestricted for free, so that every person can get most from it, no patent or license helps.
In the United States, a typical examiner is supposed to devote a total of 19 hours to all phases of the examination process. …
In practice, US examiners often lean heavily on the patent database itself to find prior art.
Probably law should provide a free and simple way to patent royalty free ideas, just to contrast patent trolls. Even better would be a sort of patent copyleft, so that you cannot build upon a free idea without giving the derived idea for free.
Actually this is still an unsolved issue.
If I want every use of my creative work to be unrestricted for free, so that every person can get most from it, no patent or license helps.
Probably law should provide a free and simple way to patent royalty free ideas, just to contrast patent trolls. Even better would be a sort of patent copyleft, so that you cannot build upon a free idea without giving the derived idea for free.