On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Paul Boddie paul@boddie.org.uk wrote:
On Thursday 19. March 2015 22.42.32 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
well, i believed that patents would do the job exactly as actually turns out that Certification Marks (the twin brother of Trade Marks) actually does.
so what i intend to do hasn't changed, but people's *understanding* has changed.
Well, the means of doing things may also have changed, too. ;-)
:)
Since then, I think your policies (and associates)
my *former* associates turned out be a a bunch of short-sighted financially-motivated individuals who would do whatever it takes to make profits first, disregarding all and any principles and goals required in order to achieve those profits.
Sorry, I meant to indicate that they were your associates at the time, not your current associates.
nono, understood.
Sure, I believe this. I was just puzzled about anyone using patents to achieve this goal, though,
yehh, we learn. random drunken walk, bouncing off the fence a la brownian motion. the trick is to open the gate at juuust the right time, and even a drunkard can achieve great things :)
OK. I'll update the page and clarify the situation. In fact, given the level of interest in this initiative, I think it's probably a good idea to have a separate page about such topics, anyway, and that might allow for a longer explanation about what you had in mind.
appreciated. it's pretty unique. it's even different from the arduino situation (which i understand isn't going so well - the contract manufacturer is attempting to claim "arduino" as theirs.... whoops...)
Well, patents are effectively monopolies, but unlike things like copyrights and trademarks they violate various principles that people regard as being central to notions of justice and fairness. For example, you can unknowingly [snip...]
no, i get all that now.
Your perspective on patents is probably different from mine,
you might be surprised :) i don't like them either: and i am *really* not a fan of software patents. i just couldn't think of any other tool to use to protect people from harm.... and then someone said "well you should use trademarks for that" and i went, "ohhhh...." :)
I have to admit that I didn't follow the forums in question
i thought it was a good idea... so did they.... misunderstandings all round.... it wasn't fun. you didn't miss anything, other than it taught me the lesson to remain 100% in control of the technical details and implementations until it reaches critical mass. after that's achieved i really do have to move on to the next project [60% efficient combustion engines, Hybrid E.V.s and alternative power sources]. but... first things first.
l.