Law

Hans Reiser comments on DOJ v. Microsoft:

There is only one characteristic that necessarily defines the separation of a software product, and that is the license.

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Secret source code can be an essential facility the equal of putting a combination lock on every bolt in a car, and then declaring the combination to be a trade secret.

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Declare that software is per se separable where source code is available. Declare source code to be an essential facility. Return copyright and patent practices to their historical roots, and require that information created be made public if it is to be protected.

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