BASH scripts are a trade secret?

2011-08-17 Thread McKown, John
Most weird. At least to me. Well, I guess it is possible to use a BASH script where most would use C code. But a trade secret that you distribute in source form? http://www.clustermonkey.net//content/view/308/1/ John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group

Re: BASH scripts are a trade secret?

2011-08-17 Thread Mark Jacobs
I always thought that once something you protect via the Trade Secret method of intellectual property protection is legally exposed to the public that protection is from then on irrevocably lost. Mark Jacobs On 08/17/11 10:48, McKown, John wrote: Most weird. At least to me. Well, I guess it is

Re: BASH scripts are a trade secret?

2011-08-17 Thread Scott Rohling
Yeah - very strange... 'copyright' - ok. Trade secret in a glass jar? no.. by definition, not a secret. Scott Rohling On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 8:48 AM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: Most weird. At least to me. Well, I guess it is possible to use a BASH script where

BASH scripts are a trade secret?

2011-08-17 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011, McKown, John wrote: Most weird. At least to me. Well, I guess it is possible to use a BASH script where most would use C code. But a trade secret that you distribute in source form? http://www.clustermonkey.net//content/view/308/1/ It is a footnote, buried down in the

Re: BASH scripts are a trade secret?

2011-08-17 Thread Mark Post
On 8/17/2011 at 10:48 AM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: Most weird. At least to me. Well, I guess it is possible to use a BASH script where most would use C code. But a trade secret that you distribute in source form?