[freebeard]

Originally Posted by Logic

Other things; I feel may be worth (building) reputation and money, but I don't have the resources to take them any further.
One also doesn't want to see some unscrupulous person 'own' your idea and take all the credit (and income) for it.
(I do get that an idea is maybe 1% of the effort of commercializing a lucrative a product, but a "Thx to [persons name] who's idea this is based on" at the very least, is just how things should be IMHO)

Copyleft
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"Sharing is caring" What you're asking for is CC0.

CC0 - Creative Commons
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