Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:04:16 -0700 (PDT) | From | alan <> | Subject | Re: Patent or not patent a new idea |
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Graeme Sheppard wrote:
> Dear devs, > > In a moment of serendipity I thought of a concept which may be advantageous > if incorporated into the kernel. I was going to offer it to the OIN but > they responded they only consider existing patents and I don't have the > money to afford one.
How do you know it is a new idea?
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