Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:16:29 -0600
From: root <root@mail.gadugi.org>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: Stephen Pollei <stephen_pollei@comcast.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: OT Re: Cherokee Nation Posts Open Source Legisation
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On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 05:27:09PM -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 15:32:21 CST, root said:
> 
> > If the license says the receipient of a piece of code must acknowledge 
> > and protect the trade secrets it contains, then it's enforceable.
> 
> To protect a secret means making at least some attempt to keep it from
> becoming general knowledge.  If you can come up with a *practical* way
> to give me a piece of *open source* software that contains a trade secret
> and still keep it a secret, we'd all (especially the guys at NVidia ;) would
> love to know it.

Stay tuned ....

> 
> Hint:  I doubt the guys at opensource.org will approve a license that involves
> an NDA... 


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