[Noisebridge-discuss] some vague intellectual property questions

Taylor Alexander tlalexander at gmail.com
Thu Jul 19 21:03:16 UTC 2012


There is also the OSHW license (or... i guess it's not a license but a set
of ideals)

http://freedomdefined.org/OSHW

worth a read though.

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Ari Lacenski <alacenski at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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