Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965017AbWL1Wgk (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:36:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965024AbWL1Wgk (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:36:40 -0500 Received: from warden-p.diginsite.com ([208.29.163.248]:39732 "HELO warden.diginsite.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965017AbWL1Wgj (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:36:39 -0500 Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:34:20 -0800 (PST) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com To: David Schwartz cc: LKML Subject: RE: Binary Drivers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 804 Lines: 19 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@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/