On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 01:04:21PM +0100, Arnould Nazarian wrote: > As far as I understand, in SMSQ/E TT does test programming techniques > which he thinks could possibly be patented. It seems possible to try to > patent very low level stuff as that is exactly what the company at > www.nexwave-solutions.com has in mind (Emmanuel Marty, their > programmer who met TT, did a very complete study of current OSes, see > http://tunes.org/Review/OSes.html where there also is a small paragraph > about the QL) > > OTOH TT is also very aware that this leads to nowhere because he is > alone on this path. However there is one developper who got the > sources for SMSQ/E, named Marcel. How did Marcel get access > to those sources? Did he sign a non-disclosure agreement? And how > many developpers in the QL world would be interested to see these > sources?
Don't underestimate the effort it would take for TT to distribute the sources to anyone who would wish to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Bye Richard