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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