This is the mail archive of the crossgcc@cygnus.com mailing list for the crossgcc project.
| Index Nav: | [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index] | |
|---|---|---|
| Message Nav: | [Date Prev] [Date Next] | [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] |
I think you miss the point in the US PTO. It is not to be "social" about trade secrets, but rather to protect intellectual property that is otherwise too easy to copy. In the case of software, copyright will do just fine. -brian >-----Original Message----- >From: Richard Stallman [SMTP:rms@santafe.edu] >Sent: Thursday, January 22, 1998 10:59 PM >To: pbarada@wavemark.com >Cc: ralph_muha@ycrdi.com; crossgcc@cygnus.com >Subject: Re: Results of "downloading compressed program images" request > >I will not try to apologize for the incompetence of the US Patent >Office--but that issue is tangential. I mentioned the patent system >to show that the idea that trade secrecy is antisocial is not just mine. >