The licenses are compatible so it's okay.

On Saturday, June 15, 2013, Maxthon Chan wrote:

> Dropping my two cents since you brought it up: is it possible to (partly)
> reuse CFLite for something that CB is still missing?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2013年6月16日, at 2:26, Stanislav Yaglo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi. My two cents:
>
> The implementation of tagged pointers has been *publicly available* for a
> long time in the CFLite source code from the Apple's Open Source website.
>
> So, it is not something new, and the fact that there was a session with
> two minute talk about it at WWDC does not mean it became covered by the NDA
> instantly.
>
> Relax, people.
>
> 15.06.2013, в 17:41, Robert Slower <[email protected]> написал(а):
>
> To add some pertinent detail, trade secrets are by definition not governed
> by copyright because they are unpublished. This is a double-edged sword;
> keeping a trade secret offers no protection from anyone else discovering
> the secret by legal means, but it also does not expire. If you are good at
> keeping your secret, you have an indefinite monopoly (examples are the
> formula for Coca-Cola as well as the seasonings for KFC chicken) - but
> anyone can legally duplicate it at any time and it is safe for them to do
> so. However - if a trade secret is misappropriated through improper means
> (like someone under NDA blabbing about it), the secret holder becomes
> legally entitled to certain forms of relief, such as a court imposing
> injunctions against use of the secret by the parties it was divulged to,
> financial damages, and more. In certain jurisdictions, like the US,
> revealing the secret is a crime in and of itself - in the US, it is a
> federal crime.
>
> Most things I have been under NDA for have been so obvious that I don't
> know why they bothered, other than to keep corporate lawyers happy.
> Particularly for software, where it seems that similar ideas percolate to
> the surface independently and nearly simultaneously, keeping one's mouth
> shut is the surest way to keep options open for others. That consideration
> is of course in addition to the plain and simple ethics of sticking to both
> the letter and the spirit of any contract you have signed. If you can't or
> won't keep your promises, don't make them.
>
> --Robert
>
> On Jun 15, 2013, at 6:24, Gregory Casamento <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> With NDAs there is no such thing as "fair use."   What you're told at WWDC
> is usually considered trade secret information, particularly when they are
> giving you inside information about how something is implemented.
>
> I am not a lawyer, so I am relying on my experience with such matters to
> discuss this.   NDAs typically are built on what is considered to be
> proprietary or trade secret information.   They typically don't cover what
> is considered to be "common knowledge" that is anything you created
> yourself without referring to the information covered in the NDA, anything
> someone else created without improper access to the trade secret
> information or anything that you can prove was commonly known to the
> general public.
>
> ​That's why I was warning you.  Typically it's dangerous to assume what is
> and is not covered without consulting someone​
>
>
> GC
> ​
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 6:11 AM, Maxthon Chan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I can fair use, can't I? Their NDA is built on top of copyright.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2013年6月15日, at 18:08, Gregory Casamento <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>

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