Re: [SLUG] MS goes Open Source - sort of

[Raoul Golan]

John Ferlito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

[...]
>       Microsoft sues you and samba for copyright infringement among a
> whole heap of other things. 
> 
> Moral: Don't browse non open source code looking for ideas. If it's not
> open source then you can't use them.
> 

Is this really the case?  Ideas cannot have a copyright placed
on them... they can be patented, though.  Surely it's OK to
copy a non patented idea.

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