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Re: open source. was Closed system (was: PC connection via twinax ?)

Actually, much of IBM's innovation is probably not patented - if you
patent something, you have to publish full details of it's workings.
What's more, after the patent expires anyone can make it.    This is the
reason you'll never find a patent for the formula for Coca-cola, for
example.  And yes, if you could figure out the recipe, you could legally
make your own version of Coca-cola (of course you couldn't call it that!)

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