Do referrers get paid out of new members' £10 fees?

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Are any of the inventions in the registry granted patents?

No. The inventions registry at /inventions lists ideas, drafts and openly-published doctrines belonging to the community. Nothing on it has been granted by the UK Intellectual Property Office. Listing confers no monopoly, no licensing power and no advisory authority.

The Big Brother Code — The Dev Log

The Big Brother Code is The Dev Log's ethical framework for the surveillance age. It covers the right to privacy, the ethics of data collection, consent as a living practice, and the responsibilities of those who hold watching power.

Key principles

Consent — surveillance without informed, revocable consent is a violation
Proportionality — no watching power should exceed what is genuinely necessary
Accountability — those who watch must be watched in turn; transparency is mandatory
Data dignity — personal data belongs to the person; it is held in trust, not owned
Right to be forgotten — the right to erasure is fundamental, not discretionary