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Yes, I agree. I guess this technology isn't for everyone. This is a real bummer. They did not have to patent and trademark this method, which in principle is su
by rapnie 5y ago
Yes, I agree. I guess this technology isn't for everyone. This is a real bummer. They did not have to patent and trademark this method, which in principle is such a basic mechanism. Just had to productize their service really well so they'd take the lead in monetizing.
- renato_casutt 5y agoI am alone and I put all my money, time and work into BR. Visible is only a small part. But I think everyone decides for themselves what is best. But thank you for the critical feedback.
- rapnie 5y agoThank you for responding. Despite my criticism I'd like to say that the method is really working for me. So as an invention it is great.
- renato_casutt 5y agoI thank you for your criticism. This is the only way to move forward and I take it very seriously. Therefore I thank you! Best regards from the Alps Renato
- oauea 5y agoYou put all your money, time and work into bolding the first few letters of a word?
- aiisjustanif 5y agoDid you think of it? The author spent money, time, and work in R&D for a process that seems simple but is novel.
- osullip 5y agoI disagree 100%. This is amazingly innovative. We have seen letter switching examples and how the brain will try to fill in the gaps. This is superbly unique and justifiably a patent and trademark. The demo works. The rules may be simple. But as the old boat repairman story says, sometimes you need to know where to hit the hammer. Please, please don't use this for evil.
- renato_casutt 5y agoThank you very much for your answer. No, I will definitely use it for good. For sure. Best regards from the Alps Renato
- bogwog 5y agoThe only way to use a patent “for good” is to prevent someone else from patenting it and exploiting it. If you’re serious, then release a copy-left license for the patent (but not necessarily your implementation/product/sdk) Otherwise, just add your commercial licensing terms to your website already so people aren’t misled into thinking they’ll be able to do anything with this idea unless they pay you.
- behnamoh 5y agoAgreed. I don’t think this deserves to be shown to HN given that most people here are strong supporters of free and open source
- DiggyJohnson 5y agoI agree with the criticism and this response! Glad to see you engaging in here. Go go go!
- kizer 5y agoPlus without a patent it would be very easy to capitalize on this without compensating the guy for all the research and tuning his put into it. I think patents are ideal for new ideas that are super easy to steal/copy, right? Sure Academics working at the bleeding edge should patent for example but they're likely to have a little advantage by being the expert and actually knowing how to do the thing. But in this case the result may look simple but took ingenuity and time to produce just the same.