Peter Suber: The TKDL collects traditional knowledge, puts it into words, translates it into modern languages, documents its provenance, makes it freely available online, and affirmatively sends copies to patent offices around the world. One goal is to block new patents and invalidate old patents through the doctrine of prior art. At the same time, it avoids new regulations on the use of knowledge and goes beyond the passive protection of traditional knowledge to the active gathering and promulgation of it to everyone with an internet connection. For more, see our
past posts on the TKDL.
simpy
