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That's not how patents work. If you open source something, it will count as prior art if someone else tries to patent the same thing.
ok, as i said I'm unfamiliar with this topic, so I'm happy about some inside.
how do you proof that you open sourced something before somebody patented it? i mean a parent is registered at some authority. is it sufficient to refer to your, e.g., GitHub history?