Re: Patent or not patent a new idea

2007-06-25 Thread Graeme Sheppard
Neil Brown wrote: ??? (reads original description in more detail). So... the filesystem images are identical in both copies, and the "interesting" bit is that the image is just a file on some filesystem. So could I implement your idea by: dd if=/dev/zero of=/1/bigfile count=lotsandlots dd

Re: Patent or not patent a new idea

2007-06-25 Thread Graeme Sheppard
Neil Brown wrote: On Tuesday June 26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Posting it here seems the best thing to do. To the inventor goes naming privilege and I'm calling this one softer raid. It is a form of storage raid implemented in software, as contrasted to software and hardware raid which are

Re: Patent or not patent a new idea

2007-06-25 Thread Graeme Sheppard
Posting it here seems the best thing to do. To the inventor goes naming privilege and I'm calling this one softer raid. It is a form of storage raid implemented in software, as contrasted to software and hardware raid which are dependent on using required hardware. To create a loop filesystem

Re: Patent or not patent a new idea

2007-06-25 Thread Graeme Sheppard
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

Patent or not patent a new idea

2007-06-25 Thread Graeme Sheppard
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. I am seeking advice on how to proceed. It

Patent or not patent a new idea

2007-06-25 Thread Graeme Sheppard
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. I am seeking advice on how to proceed. It

Re: Patent or not patent a new idea

2007-06-25 Thread Graeme Sheppard
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

Re: Patent or not patent a new idea

2007-06-25 Thread Graeme Sheppard
Posting it here seems the best thing to do. To the inventor goes naming privilege and I'm calling this one softer raid. It is a form of storage raid implemented in software, as contrasted to software and hardware raid which are dependent on using required hardware. To create a loop filesystem

Re: Patent or not patent a new idea

2007-06-25 Thread Graeme Sheppard
Neil Brown wrote: On Tuesday June 26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Posting it here seems the best thing to do. To the inventor goes naming privilege and I'm calling this one softer raid. It is a form of storage raid implemented in software, as contrasted to software and hardware raid which are

Re: Patent or not patent a new idea

2007-06-25 Thread Graeme Sheppard
Neil Brown wrote: ??? (reads original description in more detail). So... the filesystem images are identical in both copies, and the interesting bit is that the image is just a file on some filesystem. So could I implement your idea by: dd if=/dev/zero of=/1/bigfile count=lotsandlots dd