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[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Bob Rasmussen (Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:25:35 -0700 (PDT)):

> On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Laura Brody wrote:
>
>>    I don't know why. Ask them. Through Ken, I have access to
>> filePro's source code, so I *could* add the "create/modify"
>> ability to my utility. But since I include source code, I
>> didn't want to "publish" the checksum algorithm. I always
>> thought that fP Tech should release that info, but people
>> making the decisions didn't agree. I don't know what the
>> reasoning was.
>
> Could you document the algorithm in mathematical terms? Then someone else
> could write code to accomplish it. Then you wouldn't be releasing their
> source code.

I have a feeling that, without permission from TPTB, the checksum
algorithm probably falls under "trade secret", or something similar.

(Of course, IANAL.)

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