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>> giving out a specs will be the simplest way.
>
> Any entity, or corporation, has a right to expect a return on their
> investment. To expect a corporation to simply give away something,

quite a difference.

for example - documentation about say pentium 4 assembly language and 
opcodes are widely available.

does it help say AMD making faster processor? no.