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Re: gpl licensing


From: Alexander Terekhov
Subject: Re: gpl licensing
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:36:45 +0100

John Hasler wrote:
> 
> Alexander Terekhov writes:
> > Intellectual property is property, that is to say, it belongs to someone
> > who has the right to exclude others from using it without his or her
> > consent.
> 
> Then you agree that trade secrets are not property.

Eh?

"To the extent that appellee has an interest in its health, safety, and 
environmental data cognizable as a trade-secret property right under 
Missouri law, that property right is protected by the Taking Clause of 
the Fifth Amendment. Despite their intangible nature, trade secrets have 
many of the characteristics of more traditional forms of property. 
Moreover, this Court has found other kinds of intangible interests to be 
property for purposes of the Clause. Pp. 1000-1004." -- SCOTUS

regards,
alexander.


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