Comment this has been done (Score 1) 233
The guy who invented fleece did this. He documented his invention but did not patent it. Because he had proof he invented it, prior art, nobody but he could patent it.
Of course patent law is so crazily messed up these days so make sure you have good evidence, and try to prevent someone from embracing, extending, extinguishing like with Micro$oft and FAT32 (should never have received a patent cause it is totally obvious and non-novel)
Dedicating your invention into the public domain is the default, but patent mongers are trying to reverse this.