RE: Binary Drivers

[David Lang]

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
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