Peter Bex wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 09:28:36AM -0800, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> I don't understand why they can't follow the way of Id Software.
> They had 3D-engine technology they wanted to keep secret from
> their competitors, but they released the full sources in GPL form
> after a couple of years.  As the technology ages, keeping it secret
> is just not an argument anymore.

Patents expire only after about 20 years. That's virtually an eternity
in the IT area and beyond the life-cycle of any product. Copy kills
diskspace, patents kill progress.

-- 
Christian