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i don't know, dude.
there are a whole bunch of really rich people already running networks all across the world and most of them need official permission. you might not get past the licensing issue without millions.
the how-to of programming phones is quite protected for similar reasons - rich people own the tech and don't want some uppity hacker doing stuff that might affect their continued profits.
if you have an idea it would be easiest to design some kind of software prototype and sell the concept to one of these companies. the main risk you would run is that any patents you have on the product will only cover the same idea. there is precedent for folks having their idea changed enough to be a new idea nd being paid nothing.
the nature of your idea will matter there, as will how many patents you take out and how they are all worded.
bear in mind if you don't paten the programme, the code that will eventually be used, it will be easier for the general idea you present to be stolen.
(you can design a new OS that uses dropdown menus and a mouse, but you can't do it with apple's code)
a variation on the same plan would be to find a hungry investor who isnt already in the industry, but who wants in. you'll be taking on the industry that way(or going it alone), though, and history suggests big companies fight dirty and long. |
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