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Hence the emergence of open source licenses, no? Someone realized that if you give away your idea, someone else will just go an patent it; by enforcing the idea
by Ixiaus 16y ago
Hence the emergence of open source licenses, no? Someone realized that if you give away your idea, someone else will just go an patent it; by enforcing the idea to stay open regardless of whose hands are holding it.
Is the Arduino not a good example of this (and OSS as well, but that's somewhat obvious)?
- qq66 16y agoSo then nobody makes money (off the original idea at least). Why not just patent and sell it yourself?
- kevinelliott 16y agoThe patent process is still notoriously too expensive for most people with ideas. And idea think tanks are out to rip people off, so it's hard to find partners who are willing to patent an idea that may not be monetized on an aggressive schedule.