On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Richard Stallman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rms@gnu.org">rms@gnu.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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However, patents issue only in response to an expensive application<br>
procedure. If you have an idea, and you intend to let the public use<br>
the idea freely, why spend the money? It is enough just to publish te<br>
idea so that no one else can patent it.<br></blockquote><div><br>That is correct. But just publishing an idea does not give an assurance that improvements of the idea are publically published or that patented improvments (and products) can be used under fair conditions by others. One of the main goals of the BiOS initiative is to ensure that the improvements can be used by those who agree to the BiOS agreement, even if the improvments are patented.<br>
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