Re: [OT-ish] IGPL - Idea General Public Licence
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:58:11 -0500,
John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote in message
<[🔎] 87vfsg9o64.fsf@toncho.dhh.gt.org>:
> Arnt Karlsen writes:
> > ...ideas can be patented if, and _only_ if...
>
> No. _Inventions_ can be patented etc, etc. 'Idea' is not a synonym
> for'invention'.
..correct, and some innovations are not patented even if used
commercially. Now, the legal definition of 'innovation' is also
a variable, they are usually variants of the "new ideas that has
technological effects when implemented" theme.
(AFAIK, I'm not talking US patent law here, but "international".)
..and I also missed finishing this bit:
> ..whether or not patentable ideas are viable commercially, is
> consequently _irrelevant_ in all civilized jurisdictions, as
> commerciability is not a technological effect on anything
...commerciability is not a technological effect of the idea,
it may however provide a business opportunity that makes the
patenting of the idea, a profitable investment.
--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.
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