Re: Cherokee Nation Posts Open Source Legisation - Invites comments from Community Members

[Werner Almesberger]

Rik van Riel wrote:
> Only secrets can be trade secrets.

I think he's just trying to re-invent patents under a different
name. IMHO, this isn't necessarily an outright lunatic idea, but
I wouldn't be surprised if it received a friendlier reception if
contradictory naming could be avoided.

- Werner

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Re: Cherokee Nation Posts Open Source Legisation - Invites comments from Community Members

[Rik van Riel]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, christos gentsis wrote:
second: does this US law means that everything could be a "trade 
secret"? even something like the GUI? or a process bar? and in case that 
someone will register them what is going to happens?
Only secrets can be trade secrets.
As soon as somebody else figures it out and publishes it,
it's no longer a secret, and can no longer be a trade
secret.
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