Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > On Saturday, 5 Nov 2005 1:20 pm, Linux Lingam wrote: >> for instance, the chinese are known to have invented several things >> in their civilization, you know the usual: gunpowder, sails, etc. >> what has been their attitude towards knowledge they discover or >> inventions they make? what about india, as in ancient india? i >> wonder what was the attitude > > I believe that most of the time in our history, the only means of > protecting > knowledge has using trade secrets. This is easily understood by > laymen, > doesnt need unfair and easily compromised government regulations, and > in many > cases easier to enforce.
You need to execute an apprentice or two once in a while, but yes, this is easier to enforce. And as you point out, much easier to understand. Excellent way to put it, I plan to steal your line :-) > When knowledge has spread in spite of the owners wanting to keep it > secret, it > has happened due to leaks or reverse engineering. Leaks, and apprentices moving to new towns and setting up outside guild control, usually. If you keep a tight enough control, you can cut off reverse engineering. -- Sanjeev _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
