"A. Y. Chen" <ar**@spyre.net> wrote in message
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Hi,
I've created a new mini-language for querying and manipulating XML.
I've demonstrated (at least to myself) that it's superior to the
standards that are currently available.
Assuming that it's really useful, what should I do with it? Should I
write up documentation and release it to the world? Should I just keep
it a proprietary secret for in-house use? Should I give it to the open
source community? Should I get a patent for it before making any
moves?
What would you do in my place?
I doubt that a language is a patentable invention. God knows everything else
is, but I believe computer languages, once disclosed, have very little
protection under any sort of IP law, patent, copyright, trade secret, take
your pick. So in your place, unless I had some whizzbang technology that
processed the language in a way nobody has done before, I would be content
if I found either a market or users for my language.
Bob Foster