Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Difficulties in interoperating with Windows | Date | Wed, 9 Jan 2002 17:17:16 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
| |
> > the same input and output which often requires the exact same algorithm > > otherwise you cannot achieve the same input/output... > > Yup - and then you hit the "trade secrets" problem.
In the EU generally not. For hardware the normal approach is to use patented interfaces to ensure for example that nobody can sell replacement ink cartridges for your printer. For software its trickier and corporations are still working on schemes
Trade secrets really only become a problem if you've seen the original for other reasons. A microsoft employee leaving MS who spends the next month writing an ntfs for unix is likely to get into some trouble 8)
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |