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osOpinion: How to publish a trade secret

[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill
for this link. ]

“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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