Open Source Vs. Patenting

[corona]

my 2c....
Patents are the biggest waste of time in the world. They certainly aren't going to stop the likes of Chinese manufacturing plants from churning out as many copies as they like, or anyone else in the world for that matter, unless you have countless thousands of dollars to take them all to court to protect your patent.
You also have to have the thousands of dollars up front to purchase your patent, and you have to do this before you can test the markets response to such a product, and then you have to wait for the patent process to process your application, this all slows development remarkably.
And even once you've got your patent, it really isn't that hard for someone to innovate on top of your patent and get around any protection your patent afforded you.

Why go the pain and effort.

[idnick]

Hi FreeEnergy

I came up with an idea the other day that I'm willing to share with you and/or Stefan that could be worth 0 to millions of $$$ I have no plans of promoting this. If you are interested or know someone who is, I'll PM you the info. and you can do whatever you want with it.

The reason I'm doing this is that If any money is made from it, it could be used to help people who run into a little trouble like Jack H. or other members who need a helping hand.  Just need a trusted member to handle this and I think you or Stefan can do it.

Regards
Dave

PS  This is 100% free. Nothing in it for me

[FreeEnergy]

Hi FreeEnergy

I came up with an idea the other day that I'm willing to share with you and/or Stefan that could be worth 0 to millions of $$$ I have no plans of promoting this. If you are interested or know someone who is, I'll PM you the info. and you can do whatever you want with it.

The reason I'm doing this is that If any money is made from it, it could be used to help people who run into a little trouble like Jack H. or other members who need a helping hand.  Just need a trusted member to handle this and I think you or Stefan can do it.

Regards
Dave

PS  This is 100% free. Nothing in it for me

email it to me


peace

[FreeEnergy]

is there a license out there that is qualified as "free and open source" for patenting a machine?

anyone?

[d3adp00l]

if you don't patent an idea the first mega corp. that does can sue you for building "their" property. If you patent it the people with the keys to the backdoor will know right away and be at your door step telling you if you build it we will be back. Its called a catch 22, rock and a hard place, etc. Its a very large game of chess and there are many pieces that can move in many ways. Can you figure a way to check mate the opposition without losing your king?