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A patent is license to be a dick. If you’re not going to be a dick, you don’t bother with the license in the first place.
by eschaton 5y ago
A patent is license to be a dick. If you’re not going to be a dick, you don’t bother with the license in the first place.
- technothrasher 5y agoUnless you’re trying to protect yourself from somebody else patenting it and being a dick.
- jraph 5y agoYou don't need to patent something to prevent somebody else from doing it. Just make it public and prior art applies.
- throwaway7033 5y agoPrior art only applies if the USPTO agrees to review the patent and the examiner considers it prior art; neither of these are guaranteed.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoDoes patenting it yourself put you in a better spot than having blatant prior art?