On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, David Schwartz wrote:
Patents don't provide any ability to keep things secret. Copyright doesn't apply to a creative work you made yourself, even if it describes the creative work of another in *functional* detail.
in fact, to get a Patent you are required to explain the invention in sufficant detail for somone 'normally skilled' in the field to be able to duplicate it. the Patent protection is a reward for _not_ keeping thing secret and publicising the details.
at least in that's how it's supposed to work. David Lang - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/