On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 10:13 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 07:49 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > > > > >>>I don't see a solution there... Either a company patents it now as a > >>>protective measure or they let someone else do it. Either way > >>>it might end up owned by someone else later. What's the alternative? > >> > >>Patent it, then put the patent into the Public Domain. That's what > >>Benjamin Franklin, who argued passionately against having patents > >>at all, used to do. > > > > > > Is someone offering to cover the costs for that? > > I thought you were looking for an alternative to simply patenting > something. It costs no more to put something into the Public Domain. > > Today, patents only help large corporations. They are useless to the > small company and individuals. ---- not always but almost always. I have seen individuals and small companies make patent attorneys extremely wealthy by giving out stakes as payments for the legal work - the system is in shambles though, I will agree. Craig
