From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Graeme Sheppard Subject: Re: Patent or not patent a new idea Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:26:56 +1200 Message-ID: <46804130.9010905@rillion.net> References: <46803772.7020408@rillion.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org To: alan Return-path: Received: from server.rillion.net ([207.210.78.215]:34037 "EHLO rillion.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750755AbXFYW1L (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:27:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org alan wrote: > 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? The essence of the idea is simple enough that I would have heard of it. It isn't an arcane programming trick buried deep in code.