Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!wanginst!vaxine!encore!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA From: ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: UUCP & Ethics Message-ID: <8953@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 14:35:24 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8953 Posted: Tue Mar 5 14:35:24 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 11:07:03 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 10 What I expect, some one else was trying to say (Farber?) was that UNIX algorithms, probably wouldn't hold up to the trade secret test. They were really innovative several years ago, but whole books have been published on operating system ideas such as those in UNIX. HOW UNIX works is not a secret. I would expect that while a court test would protect AT&T's source, the algorithms would not hold up. Even IBM (which only copyrights their code) does not discourage the theft of their algorithms. -Ron