Re: [oshug] OSH ideas shadowed by patent worries

On Thu, 10 Jan 2019, 20:21 J. R. Haigh <JRHaigh+ML.OSHUG@runbox.com wrote:

    Having said that, I should clarify that the patent worries that I

fear are that some non-OSH supporter sees my ideas, patents them, and then makes them proprietary. I've no intention of patenting my own ideas unless it turn-out to be (with free/open licensing) the only way to ensure that the ideas are not made proprietary by someone else.

Thanks for the clarification James, I apologise for getting the wrong end of the stick!

Over the years I've heard of various prior art registry/crowdsourcing effort, nothing seems to stick around though.

Thank you.

Best regards,