didn't ol' sparky take advantage of the fact that the human body is conductive and provides some resistance???
But this has to do with trade secrets.
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IANAL, but I am somewhat familiar with IP law having been involved in litigation.
SCO claims that IBM disclosed their secrets by
publishing their source code. IBM is the ONLY
party here that can in fact be sued on this
issue.
First of all, you cannot copyright or patent
a secret without disclosing it to the eye of
the public. Think about it. The two processes
cannot work together.
If IBM in fact breeched their contract, I do
not see what recourse SCO would have against
the general Linux community and users since
they received the code in good faith without
knowledge of IBM's alleged action.
From what I remember (having signed several NDA's
in my life), Only I could have been liable for
damages caused by my disclosure.
Once the cat is out of the bag, there is no way
to get it back in. Once the trade secret is
publicly known- it is no longer a trade secret.
Further, it is not protected by copyright or
patent law.
My guess would be is that IBM is the only
certifiable defendent in this mess.
To use my notebook in the backyard, I enclosed my property in a Faraday Cage. Of course, I have to shut everything down if my wife wants to back the car out.:)
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didn't ol' sparky take advantage of the fact that the human body is conductive and provides some resistance???
IANAL, but I am somewhat familiar with IP law having been involved in litigation. SCO claims that IBM disclosed their secrets by publishing their source code. IBM is the ONLY party here that can in fact be sued on this issue. First of all, you cannot copyright or patent a secret without disclosing it to the eye of the public. Think about it. The two processes cannot work together. If IBM in fact breeched their contract, I do not see what recourse SCO would have against the general Linux community and users since they received the code in good faith without knowledge of IBM's alleged action. From what I remember (having signed several NDA's in my life), Only I could have been liable for damages caused by my disclosure. Once the cat is out of the bag, there is no way to get it back in. Once the trade secret is publicly known- it is no longer a trade secret. Further, it is not protected by copyright or patent law. My guess would be is that IBM is the only certifiable defendent in this mess.
To use my notebook in the backyard, I enclosed my property in a Faraday Cage. Of course, I have to shut everything down if my wife wants to back the car out. :)
Uh, not for nothing, but they went out of biz when crazy eddie ran off with the $bucks to Israel. Crazie Eddie II went under a while back.