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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0612281432250.27334@qynat.qvtvafvgr.pbz> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:34:20 -0800 (PST) From: David Lang <david.lang@...italinsight.com> To: David Schwartz <davids@...master.com> cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: RE: Binary Drivers 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 majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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