RE: Binary Drivers

David Lang
2006-12-28T22:36:40Z

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