[Noisebridge-discuss] some vague intellectual property questions

[Ari Lacenski]

This made me think right away of group agreement on a Creative Commons license.

http://www.ladyada.net/library/openhardware/license.html has some very
interesting guidance on the commercial concern.

Ari


On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Glenn Wright
<infinite.perplexity at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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