osOpinion: How to publish a trade secret

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"It wasn't that long ago that Bill Gates went to visit Bill Clinton. I saw a photo of the two of them and couldn't help but wonder what might have been going on behind closed doors."

"Bill Clinton gave the U.S. a whole new definition of what "is is." Maybe Bill Clinton gave Bill Gates a whole new definition for the words "publish" and "trade secret" that only Bill Gates could understand and relate to as well..."

"Sound far-fetched? Look at the following excerpts from the MS web site talking about their "publishing" of their Kerberos extensions and excerpts from the "licensing agreement" that accompanies the specification."

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