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Patent Commons

Martien van Steenbergen — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:31:43 +0000

Patent Commons: “ir own intellectual property in order to form what the company refers to as a ‘patent commons,’ a modern twist on shared public”

(Via P2P Foundation – Recent changes [en].)

Resultaten uit het verleden waarderen

Martien van Steenbergen — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:29:45 +0000

Omdat we fase 1 van het Aloha-project netjes willen afsluiten en een eventuele toekomstige verdeling van baten helder willen hebben doen we nu alvast een oprechte deelgeving—met een fictieve pot geld—zodat we daarmee later de resultaten uit het verleden billijk kunnen verrekenen.

Ach, wat een mooi pareltje.

Do Patents Stop Companies From Creating ‘Perfect’ Products?

Martien van Steenbergen — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:29:35 +0000

Via Slashdot:

Do Patents Stop Companies From Creating ‘Perfect’ Products?: “Chris M writes “In a recent CNET article, the mobile phone editor writes about what he thinks would make a perfect phone. Unfortunately, as someone in the comments section points out, much of the technology that is used in this concept phone belongs to separate companies. ‘I’m sorry to be the Devil’s Advocate here, but most of those feautres are patented to separate companies. It would require almost all the major manufacturers [working together] to do this, which is highly unlikely.’ Do you think patents are stopping companies from creating ‘perfect’ devices, or are there other factors at work”.

Ah, well, I think they’re absolutely right here. While a tournament fuels innovation, patenting—in order to monopolize a an idea and its implementation—stifles it. Resonates with The Truth About Piracy.

Patent something and then make it unconditionally free to be used by anyone and everyone. Heal the world.

The Truth About Piracy

Martien van Steenbergen — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:14:20 +0000

In The Truth About Piracy Steve Pavlina puts it bluntly:

is intellectual property a tool for scarcity thinking, or is it a tool for contribution?

For me, it’s the latter.

And my biggest fear is that someone takes someone else’s idea, and than monopolizes it. I would claim patents and copyrights in order to avoid just that and make brilliant ideas available to the world at large. Abundance.

(Via Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development Blog.)