dan wrote: > excuse me for arguing a few of these... > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:11 PM, David Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:34 PM, dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > the rync algorythm is actually part of the GPL code released by Andrew > > Tridgell. > > Yes, it is, but you can not Copyright algorithms, and you can't > protect them from reverse engineering. You can patent an algorithm, > but I know of no such patents on the algorithms used by rsync (not > that I've looked). > > > I believe this is somewhat of a grey area. You will find many > references of this going either way on google. >
I've read the GPL a few times, but still I'm no expert. However, I think you guys are missing a key word here: code. The code is copyrighted. The ideas are not. Ideas can be used by anyone, but if you use GPL code then the derivative work must also be released as GPL (if it is released at all). -Rob ******************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as information could be intercepted, corrupted lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard copy version. ******************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
