I agree with Ben that patenting parts of OpenCog is a bad idea. If you wan't other people to help you improve your open source code for free, then you don't want to scare them away.
My PAQ based compression algorithms did not make it to the top of the benchmarks by my work alone. I made it open source and explicitly did not patent it so that others could work on it freely. For many people their sole incentive is to see their name at the top of a leader board. (This can also lead to a good job, as it did in my case). I know of some compression algorithms that are patented, such as CTW and the sort transform. They are actually good algorithms but essentially went nowhere because people had free, open source alternatives. The JPEG standard includes both a Huffman code and an arithmetic coding format. Arithmetic coding compresses about 10% smaller than most images you see today, but nobody ever implemented it because at the time there was a patent on arithmetic coding. It has expired now, and it is used in nearly all modern algorithms. It is unlikely we will ever see it in JPEG, however, because most software does not support it. -- -- Matt Mahoney, mattmahone...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
