<div dir="ltr">Very interesting idea, Ethan.<div><br></div><div>I think phrasing as a "design competition" or maybe something like "design challenge" is a brilliant idea. In fact, I did just that:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/DPL_Design_Challenge">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/DPL_Design_Challenge</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>In terms of prizes, sponsoring, etc, that could be potentially interesting. I don't know who would want to fund such an abstract project, but perhaps there are interested parties. Do you know of any?</div>
<div><br></div><div>// Matt</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Ethan Chew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spacefelix@gmail.com" target="_blank">spacefelix@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>That is an intriguing prospect (and as I understand your thoughts); have a hackerspace design competition where we uphold freedom of knowledge, we get to have fun exploring and verifying a patent technology and we all share the results of the development.</p>
<p>Would this perhaps be a financial interest on the part of patent creators and/or otherwise to make a cash prize for a hackerspace that can succeed at demonstrating a prototype of a patent?</p>
<p>There was the XPrize to motivate technology development, what of a similar prize for this?</p>
<p> - Ethan/spacefelix</p>
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> I saw a presentation this summer about the DPL, having heard murmurings for<br>
> some time of a "Creative Commons" approach for patents. The DPL creates a<br>
> fairly complex and intriguing system that I think is worth examining.<br>
><br>
> What can hackers do to practically resist the domination of knowledge<br>
> through exclusive rights regimes propped up by patent laws?<br>
><br>
> Does the DPL offer a valuable option akin to free cultural and free<br>
> software licenses?<br>
><br>
> In case you're already at least curious, the DPL launch is scheduled for<br>
> November 7th, 2014 in Berkeley, California:<br>
> <a href="http://www.law.berkeley.edu/16151.htm" target="_blank">http://www.law.berkeley.edu/16151.htm</a><br>
><br>
> Also, I had an idea.<br>
><br>
> It's a bit weird, so please read about the DPL first:<br>
> <a href="http://www.defensivepatentlicense.com/" target="_blank">http://www.defensivepatentlicense.com/</a><br>
><br>
> What if the hackerspaces community, through some of its various respective<br>
> corporate entities, opted in one-by-one to DPL, especially early on, in<br>
> order to get access to this body of patents? Then, what if among all the<br>
> participating hackerspace entities, for each patent in the pool, we<br>
> coordinated such that at least one hackerspace community would implement a<br>
> prototype demonstrating the principle of each patent. This way, any one<br>
> member of the hackerspaces community can find a license through some other<br>
> community member for each patent, even if the originator of that patent<br>
> leaves the DPL patent pool.<br>
><br>
> Basically, I'm suggesting a potential path to maximize benefits and<br>
> minimize risk for the most people possible, through the DPL. Maybe I did<br>
> not represent this idea accurately, would love feedback!<br>
><br>
> On the other hand, I'm not exactly sold on DPL and would like to learn more<br>
> and see if the approach above isn't possible or perhaps is sub-optimal, or<br>
> otherwise undesirable.<br>
><br>
> // Matt<br></div></div>
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