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Forgoing patents on it is a bad idea if it means that a troll will immediately patent the idea after Musk releases it. If only there were a GPL for patents...

• mtgx 14y ago
  What about prior art?
• politician 14y ago
  Actually, the problem is that someone will immediately acquire patents on trivial upgrades and logically-related extensions of the idea. The publication of the idea itself would be prior art.
  • surrealize 14y ago
    Right. So we'll all have to constructively publish as many related ideas as possible, as soon as possible :)
    • politician 14y ago
      That's the spirit!