Unfortunately, things are not so black and white. The Supreme Court and a recent Appeals Court decision ruled that if the mathematics are an integral part of a process then they are patentable as part of the process. In other words, using the article's wording, the mathematics are not "abstract" or "works of nature" if they are part of a process. In the AmiBroker world, this raises the question as to whether or not a trading system is a process. Very murky waters that keeps patent attorneys employed and undoubtedly will produce more work for the Supreme Court in the future. Bottom line, as noted before, follow the Fair Use doctrine to the letter and err on the conservative side.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Tomasz Janeczko To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:26 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] COPYRIGHT I may add that mathematical ideas (including algorithms) should never have any patents granted http://www.lbl.gov/Workplace/patent/app2.html and this rule is usually followed, however US Patent office has unfortuntally has granted several ridiculous patents. http://freedomforip.org/category/patent/ Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] COPYRIGHT > Hello, > > You guys mix up things. Copyright protects the published work in its original form and only that. > It does not protect mathematical (or any other) ideas themselves. > Ideas per se can only be protected by patents if patent is granted and only in limited territories and fixed amount of time. > This article explains the difference: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea-expression_divide > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "binjobingo" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:19 AM > Subject: [amibroker] COPYRIGHT > > >> Does referring to Wilder's Relative strength Indicator,or Lane's >> Stochastics,or Chande's Vidya & so on lead to copyright violation? >> >> Say one reads An Author's book & am not able to write AFL for the >> Indicators & so ask the forum members to write it for me Is it >> copyright violation? >> >> If one give a link to the Website say some other website which >> explains the parameters & use of the said "indicator" but the website >> may not be owned by the Author himself does it lead to copyright >> violation ? >> >> If it is so I think all the forums would close down & nobody would >> discuss their trading strategy since trading strategies use some >> Indicator by some author. >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> **** IMPORTANT **** >> This group is for the discussion between users only. >> This is *NOT* technical support channel. >> >> ********************* >> TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to >> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com >> ********************* >> >> For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: >> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ >> >> For other support material please check also: >> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html >> >> ********************************* >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------ > > **** IMPORTANT **** > This group is for the discussion between users only. > This is *NOT* technical support channel. > > ********************* > TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > ********************* > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > For other support material please check also: > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > > ********************************* > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ **** IMPORTANT **** This group is for the discussion between users only. This is *NOT* technical support channel. ********************* TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com ********************* For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html ********************************* Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1857 - Release Date: 12/19/2008 10:09 AM
