Options with Final Project
For more information on Intellectual Property and Patent, you can read more from WIPO
For more information on CC License, you can read more from Creative
Commons Organization
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property provides a way to secure the rights of creations and inventions. The concepts
started developing from Paris Convention(1883), and Berne Convention(1886) under Swiss Federal
Government, later discussion came under UN, As a specialized agency under UN which in charge of
'protecting Intellectual Property', World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) which established
since July 14, 1967(Stockholm) and executed since 1970. The concepts of intellectual Property keeps
developed later on such as from Geneva Treaty.
Patent
My choice: CC Licensing
Below is a video explanation about Creative commons
Reason Why
From outside of the scope of CC, when it compared to other opportunities, let's say with a patent,
it is a hard and time-consuming process to set up and it also differs from country to country.
I also have a feeling that getting a patent might be unusual in such an open minded community as a
maker-society.
Anyway, I'm trying to build upon what has been already there in maker's society, and getting a lot
of help from the community.
So I would stick with the Creative Common License which enables others to share and use my project
as long as they credit me as the designer for it.
Which sounds fair to me. And of course, it should stay free(non-commercial).
I have also decided to extend the license further to my website :)
Distribution Options
It seems a good idea to put the project up on Kickstarter
and see if others do like it.
It also shows me before I invest to much time into mass producing it if there is even a consumer
base for this product.
And rumors say you only need to have a fancy video to be successful on Kickstarter ;P
Or I could just upload detailed information on my project on Instructables, so that anyone who wants the same
thing could also get helped.