marketply

Seeds (and invention)

We're contributing inventions to open source and sustainability, and to social entrepreneurs.

Freeing the seed projects listed here under a model of openability.

Only two are patent inventions: a hot dog made for a pretzel, and card sleeves that upgrade your collectible cards. Each sustainably.

The rest are non-patent.

Yet even the two patents won't be patented for long. We'll contribute each to public domain five years after its first profit. (They're only an experiment. Also, we welcome competition!)

And we'll free other patentable inventions (coming soon!) in steps, and with precise details much like in a patent...except, they'll be open technology.

Freed as "first to blog".

Each described clearly, with photos and video of the prototype in use, so most people can grasp it with little room to misinterpret.

Described clearly in our vision of a properly reformed patent system.

And we'll lead by example, testing it in the open. (That's 'we' as in the community that forms around this)

~Marino


The seeds...

Marketply grants these seeds (including websites and crowd funding) to anyone who will pour in excellence.

To run as you like, as long as the community knows that you observe our core principles.

Sign up, bring passion! The community determines your eligibility.


teachOpen

Certify that your company openly shares knowledge and records how it does business, inviting anyone to learn (or teach it!).

cool:
  • teachOpen certifies that a company openly teaches its craft and operations, and you can teach it. (All free!)

notable:
  • 360° learning. 2-way dialogue. Everything is then saved in archives for anyone to browse super easily and quickly!

extra cool:
  • We practice teachOpen standards for all Marketply seeds!


hot dog, with a twist

cool:
  • A hot dog shaped like a pretzel!

notable:
  • You'll actually LOVE knowing how these hot dogs are made yummy. Wholesomely twisted meats. Local everywhere.

extra cool:
  • Sustainability licensing: we license our patents free to businesses that produce it the most responsibly!


openeers list

cool:
  • Dedicated to pioneers and engineers of openability. The openeers.


sustaineers list

cool:
  • Dedicated to pioneers and engineers of sustainablity. The sustaineers.


'Cardvertible' sleeves

cool:
  • Upgrade your collectible game cards (Magic the Gathering, WoW, etc) with the most current text, while protecting your cards!

notable:
  • Play smoother games with cards of mixed sets. And now trade globally with your cards, because the sleeves translate text to any language.

extra cool:
  • Sustainability licensing: we license our patents free to businesses that produce it the most responsibly!


Multiversal

cool:
  • Certifies that a technology plays extra nice with other devices, tools, interchangeable parts, and apps.

notable:
  • It's generally free to certify anything that qualifies. And it's crowd-powered!

extra cool:
  • The online community (you) ultimately decides what qualifies!


userSmart

cool:
  • Certifies that a technology is smart in its simplicity; it has an ease that empowers beginners and experts.

notable:
  • It's free to certify anything that qualifies (devices, gadgets, computers, apps).

extra cool:
  • The online community (you) ultimately decides what qualifies!


Nutshellpedia

cool:
  • In a nutshell, this encyclopedia serves you a quickly digestible, elegant explanation of anything.

notable:
  • 500 characters or less per entry. Anyone can edit it but only upvoted entries get up front.

extra cool:
  • Licensed under Creative Commons for anyone to share and improve.



Pixample

cool:
  • Picture the Meaning™ of a word or phrase – have it explained with an image or quick animation, and one example sentence.

notable:
  • Anyone can edit it but only upvoted entries get up front.

extra cool:
  • Licensed under Creative Commons for anyone to share and improve.


oQuip

Your computer, easy and powerful.

cool:
  • Anyone who used to fear computers will love this! Geeks can do amazing things on it, and beginners, who can do far more than just email or internet – for example, 3D-printing!

notable:
  • It's openable. With direct access to a vast library of freed content on the internet licensed under Creative Commons!

extra cool:
  • Mix-and-match your favorite parts of apps (make a new app from many and stop opening several apps for a single project)! Customize any part of oQuip that you can see or hear.


Lab Commons

Certify that you openly share and record your lab's experiments, inviting anyone to walk in, learn from online, or participate.

cool:
  • Lab Commons certifies that a lab opens and records its experiments live for anyone to view.

notable:
  • 360° sharing and verifying. Parts of experiments can be distributed among multiple labs. Everything is then saved in archives for anyone to browse super easily and quickly!

extra cool:
  • Licensed under Creative Commons for anyone to share and review.



Marketply

Ready to change how business is done? Let's free ourselves from gimmicks!

cool:
  • A mobile app that reliably finds authenticity in business and goods.

notable:
  • This seed itself won't be granted to anyone in particular, as it's tended after by the entire community.

extra cool:
  • You can veto any big decisions of Marketply that you feel would run counter to its core principles.