On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Russell Nelson wrote: > Craig Raskin writes: > > http://trec.nist.gov/pubs/trec6/papers/nsa-rev.ps > > Why would the NSA patent this? It's not like the NSA can't keep a > (trade) secret. Remember, patent covers independent reinvention. Most things patented these days are going to be rediscovered sooner or later (generally sooner, often prior,) so you might as well patent the good idea just to keep anyone else from using it. -Bram
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- Re: Spies in the 'forests' Curtis D. Frye
- Re: Spies in the 'forests' Craig Raskin
- Re: Spies in the 'forests' Russell Nelson
- Re: Spies in the 'forests' bram
- Re: Spies in the 'forests' Eivind Eklund