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Patent Ponderings
May. 24th, 2006 03:52 pmI think I've asked this before, but I can't remember where or when or what the answer was, so I'll post it again:
Say you invent something that you want anybody in the world to be able to use, and you want to make sure that nobody else tries to put a patent or copyright or anything like that on the design. Can you file for an Anti-Patent or something? Is there some sort of established procedure for ensuring this? (Can the GPL--Gnu Public License--be extended to mechanical blueprints, and would it accomplish the above purpose?)
Say you invent something that you want anybody in the world to be able to use, and you want to make sure that nobody else tries to put a patent or copyright or anything like that on the design. Can you file for an Anti-Patent or something? Is there some sort of established procedure for ensuring this? (Can the GPL--Gnu Public License--be extended to mechanical blueprints, and would it accomplish the above purpose?)
