Hi all,
I think Owen's points this morning about intellectual property vs.
intellectual capital were well made (short version: secrecy sucks). I've
just come across an example of a company who have an interesting technology
("Random Forests") who have almost certainly hamstrung its adoption by
overly restrictive IP. From their FAQ
(
http://www.salford-systems.com/faqrf.php#2): Q7. What is a Random Forest?
. A Random Forest is a collection of decision trees grown and
combined using the computer code written by Leo Breiman for this purpose.
No other combination of decision trees may be described as a Random
Forest either scientifically or legally. The only commercial version of
Random Forests software is distributed by Salford Systems under an exclusive
license with Leo Breiman and Adele Cutler.. Random Forests are sometimes
also referred to variously as RF, RandomForests, or Random Forest, and all
these terms are trademarks of the creators of RandomForests technology, Leo
Breiman and Adele Cutler, and licensed exclusively to Salford Systems.
Well that's not going to encourage me to use it..
- Robert
Dr. Robert Holmes
PO Box 2862, Santa Fe, NM 87504
mobile: (505) 310-1735
web: www.holmesacosta.com
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