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font-family:Arial'>Hey everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve had an idea in my head (and on paper, er…
notepad) for about a year now for what could turn into an open source project. Truth
be told, I know the shape of what I want to make, but I have no idea how to
actually do it: FOSS, start a small company and build it proprietary, design
the architecture and then license it, or look at academic forums. I’m
leaning towards FOSS because I think it’ll fit the project as well as my
personal beliefs and values, but I have no idea what it takes to go down that
road. So I thought I’d check here and see if anyone has tried this road
and can give any advice, or know of someone I should talk with. I’m
thinking of heading to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Waterloo</st1:place></st1:City>
to chat with Roger Dingledine, since the project has similarities to his. Anyone
in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toronto</st1:place></st1:City>
area who has started or is running a FOSS project?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>BTW: I’d love nothing better than to put out all of
the details on the idea, but at this point the idea of “intellectual
property” scares the crap out of me. What if some unscrupulous company
takes the idea, makes a prototype, and patents it? So, for the moment I won’t
talk details (and in return I’m not asking for any kind of commitments
from anyone), but any and all advice would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:white;letter-spacing:3.0pt'><a href="http://kareem.shehata.ca"
title="Learn more about me"><font color=white><span style='color:white;
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