IANAL, but I believe the key point in publishing (obscurely) it is that it becomes prior art if someone else later patents it and tries to stop you from using your own idea. You can use the publication to undermine the basis of their patent, and therefore your liability to them for infringing...
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(Pssst, in case anyone's wondering, we use .gc.ca as our governmental "TLD", since the US won't let others use .gov, the hosers)
Other countries seem to use their second level domains freely, e.g. www.hmrc.gov.uk. Perhaps Canada doesn't for some other reason?
Ah, just understood; you're talking about the US not sharing the .gov TLD itself; my mistake. Can't say I blame them, though.
(Pssst, in case anyone's wondering, we use .gc.ca as our governmental "TLD", since the US won't let others use .gov, the hosers)
Other countries seem to use their second level domains freely, e.g. www.hmrc.gov.uk. Perhaps Canada doesn't for some other reason?
IANAL, but I believe the key point in publishing (obscurely) it is that it becomes prior art if someone else later patents it and tries to stop you from using your own idea. You can use the publication to undermine the basis of their patent, and therefore your liability to them for infringing...