[Tccc] The flower st...
Pars Mutaf
pars.mutafatgmail.com
Fri Dec 7 01:04:11 EST 2012
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Joe Touch <to... at isi.edu> wrote:
> FWIW, this concept is already known and does not require a new standard or
> proof about social networking or other electronic sites.
>
> A non-spoofable solution is to publish the hash of your publication in any
> archived newspaper (i.e., in the personal ads in the back).
>
> See:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Linked_timestamping<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_timestamping>
>
>
Thanks for your feedback. What the flower standard adds is:
1. Freedom to put your idea anywhere you like. Currently, social networking
sites are the most reliable sites. Using social networking sites is our
idea. RFC 3161 suggests the use of a time-stamp agent. But social
networking sites already do this and they are more reliable and free of
charge and easy to use. Another solution we are working on is augmenting modern
poor man's copyright
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_man%27s_copyright>with a publish
e-mail function. You can send your idea to yourself via
e-mail. The service provider time-stamps it. You can show others your
e-mail by publishing your e-mail. I.e. giving access to a particular
e-mail.
There are many possible solutions. Flower standard allows to use all of
them.
2. The flower sign on a file indicates to the public that a document is
original and protected using this method. If I see a document and there is
no flower sign on it, I can pretend that it is mine or try to steal it. But
if there is a flower sign I will know that it is protected. This will stop
me. This is like the copyright sign. But the copyright sign has a different
meaning. It doesn't explain that the idea is time-stamped. In addition,
this concept is not about "copyright". It is about "proof of work". You can
copy my work if I permit but the idea is mine and I can prove it.
Cheers,
Pars
flower-standard.org
ps: The newspaper solution is not really feasible. You can't find such
newspaper and this is probably a slow solution.
> Joe
>
> On 12/6/2012 3:56 AM, Pars Mutaf wrote:
>
>> Another feature:
>> http://www.flower-standard.**org/spoow.html<http://www.flower-standard.org/spoow.html>
>> <http://www.flower-standard.**com/spoow.html<http://www.flower-standard.com/spoow.html>
>> >
>>
>> and the maths behind the flower standard:
>>
>> http://www.flower-standard.**org/maths.html<http://www.flower-standard.org/maths.html>
>>
>> Feedbacks would be appreciated if any.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pars
>>
>> --
>> Pars Mutaf
>> flower-standard.org <http://flower-standard.org>
>>
>>
--
Pars Mutaf
flower-standard.org
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