From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267863AbUH1AWI (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:22:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267852AbUH1AWH (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:22:07 -0400 Received: from anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.90]:14342 "EHLO anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267863AbUH1ATH (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:19:07 -0400 Message-ID: <412FCF75.7070903@superbug.demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 01:19:01 +0100 From: James Courtier-Dutton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040812) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Denis Vlasenko CC: Rob van Nieuwkerk , Wouter Van Hemel , prakashkc@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.8 pwc patches and counterpatches References: <33193.151.37.215.244.1093530681.squirrel@webmail.azzurra.org> <20040828011818.2d5f282c.robn@berrymount.nl> <200408280303.43166.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> In-Reply-To: <200408280303.43166.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Denis Vlasenko wrote: >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> The author of the pwc driver has publicly stated that this >> NDA has expired more than 1 year ago !!! >> ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > "NDA expired" == "information is not a secret anymore" ? > I'm not sure, IANAL... > -- > vda > That all depends on the terms of the NDA. To me, if an NDA expires, it can mean 2 things: 1) All information covered by the NDA has to be returned, and any information that cannot be returned, (I.E. Remembered in someone's brain.) must be kept secret forever, or until the information is made public by someone else. 2) The information covered in the NDA is no longer secret, and can be discosed to the public.