[EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit:
> 1) I don't want to spend a lot of money or do a lot of work.
> (i.e. I don't want to go through the hassle of applying for a
> patent myself.)
>
> 2) I don't care if other people use the algorithm.
>
> 3) Somebody, somewhere else may re-invent the algorithm and try to
> patent it, and then perhaps keep me and others from using it. I'm
> afraid of this and don't want it to happen.
Publish a description of the algorithm, openly dedicating it to the
public domain. Make sure the publication is dated. That won't help you
if a patent is already pending, but otherwise it makes the algorithm
prior art.
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John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin
