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[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of Prior-Art-Database - savannah.gnu.o
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Mathieu Roy |
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[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of Prior-Art-Database - savannah.gnu.org |
Date: |
09 Sep 2002 12:05:22 +0200 |
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address@hidden said:
> A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
>
> Ole Tange <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License:
> Package: Prior-Art-Database
> System name: padb
> Type: 2
>
> Description:
> After starting ToPAS (aka PoPA) I have received a mail from a guy who wants
> to publicize some ideas so that they cannot be patented. What he needs is a
> service to have his ideas publicized and time stamped. My suggestion to him
> was to create a Savannah project for his ideas, but it seems the ideas are
> not finished enough to start a whole project.
>
> I have also had ideas that I would like not to be patented. I have published
> my ideas at http://ole.tange.dk/projekter/kontroversielt/patent-ideer.html I
> also suffer from the problem of lacking trustworthy timestamping.
>
> So now I got the idea: How about starting a Savannah project where people
> could submit their ideas and have them anti-patent protected by using ToPAS?
>
> The project could be categorized as a software documentation project as most
> of the ideas will probably be software related.
>
> Other Software Required:
> ToPAS
I switched the license to GNU FDL instead of GNU GPL, designed for
documentation.
Regards,
--
Mathieu Roy
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