[Savannah-hackers] [ 101382 ] patent protection?

[nobody]

Support Request #101382, was updated on 2002-Oct-11 01:01
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Category: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Summary: patent protection?

By: arouse
Date: 2002-Oct-11 01:01
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I have an idea which, as far as I know, is novel. I am 
opposed to sofware patents and would like to see this 
idea freed in some open source way (preferably 
copylefted). 

I do not claim to have a guarantee of novelty for this 
idea as I am not a patent examiner nor am I an 
accomplished practioner of the art in question. But I 
do believe it would be of benefit to all if it's free 
for all and I do believe it is novel as I see none such 
as my idea realized nor have I heard of such. But I may 
be wrong ('nihil novum sub solem' is an *old* saying). 

I do not have the skills or the time to carry the 
project forward to completion nor even the 
half-baked-but-you-can-see-what-it's-supposed-to-be 
stage. I do have the (unenviable) status of being 
unemployed and so not beholden to any corporation. 

What I would like is a way to 'publish' or 'realize' 
this idea so as to establish prior art which, as I 
understand it, would preclude any patents by any other 
persons. But one thing I would like is credit as in 
'based on idea by X' but it is not essential. I 
would gain more benefit by is free availability than by 
any other means.

So I think Savannah should have some means which 
satisfies the conditions that the establishment of 
prior art require under the law so that those like me 
could safely, legally 'deposit' our ideas and protect 
them. 

Like the concept of 'copyleft' why not start an 
anti-patent service?


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