[okfn-discuss] Making a technology public domain (copyleft for science and products)?

[Lucy]

Magnificent Revolution us bicycles to generate electricity which we use to
educate about the environment and run film and music events.
www.magnificentrevolution.org

We are now at the stage where we have a number of creative ideas which could
have design rights or patents applied to them.

Instead we want to ake sure these remain as "prior art" for anyone to use
and improve.  Our strategy for doing this is to continue adding the
technical and design information up on our "new" website via our diy
page<http://www.magnificentrevolution.org/diy-2/>or through our blogs
online therefor making the information public domain
and unpatentable.  However this does not stop anyone improving upon the
idea, patenting this improvement, and in the process blocking avenues of
future development should they desire.

I'd be very interested in talking to you more about the the best way to
approach a copyleft strategy where the technology can be improved upon by
others who are then forced to continue a copy left approach whether this be
through creative commons or some other route.

I'll look forward to hearing from you.

Lucy Sheldon


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Lucy Sheldon
Magnificent Revolution
www.magnificentrevolution.org
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