[Noisebridge-discuss] some vague intellectual property questions

[Glenn Wright]

Hello Noisebridge!  I have some questions that may be appropriate for this
list.

I'm thinking about starting a "Flow And Glow Hackers" Google group or other
forum for discussion of creating electronically-enhanced poi, hoops,
staves, and other flow tools.  I know there are a number of people in the
Bay Area working on such projects and several others across the country and
around the world, and I'd like to get people talking.  However, before I
start such a group, I would want to make sure people could feel comfortable
posting code, schematics, and so on without being afraid their work would
get patented out from under them or anything like that.  Any suggestions or
tips?  Could I specify that some open source hardware standard or other
applies to discussions on the group?  I don't think most people working on
these kinds of projects would think that unreasonable; it's generally too
small a market to justify the cost of a patent.

-- 
-Glenn
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