Re: (ET) RE: Elec Tract Website

[Allan <allanhv worldnet att net>]

I plan to release any design I come up with to whomever wants it.  As is, 
no
warranty, etc., of course.  I even thought that if I get PCB's made up I 
could
sell them at cost to anyone who wants to build up their own.  (The volume 
would
make it cheaper for me, too.)

I don't know much about patents, but I would be afraid that if the design 
were
not patented it could be pateneted out from under us by someone else.  
LINUX has
an advantage in that copyrights are simpler/cheaper to get than patents.  
Also,
I would guess that many of the people on this list who would be interested 
in
working on a design have signed agreements with thier employers giving the
employers rights any designs.  Anyone care to comment on this?

Allan

LarryE3 aol com wrote:

> Sure hope I'm using the correct e-mail address.  Let me know if I should 
> be
> using something else.
>
> The recent comments about updating the Elec Trak series with modern 
> controls
> seems like a common idea.  Maybe we should start a web-site specific to a
> design team of everybody interested and with everybody contributing a 
> small
> part to come up with a design and prototype hardware.  The results could 
> be
> produced and marketed something like LINUX source code.
>
> Any thoughts or comments?
>
> Larry Elliott
> Idaho