I don't think copyright protects an algorithm. I think you'd need a patent for that. So, I don't think you can license an algorithm. Of course, IANAL (just anal).
On the other hand, I always thought forking code was a bad thing. Unless you wanted to develop a nice commercial alternative to open source. On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, phil hunt wrote: > On Monday 21 January 2002 12:07 pm, Patrik Wallstrom wrote: > > I know this has been up for discussion before, but I didn't really > > follow the thread, and I want to know some extra things. > > > > Is there any current open source licenses that can enforce the software > > to follow an exact algorithm (as provided by the copyright owner) and > > protocol? > > This would restrict the ability to fork the code, and is clearly against > the spirit of the OSD. > > > Does any of the licenses also prohibit a name change of the > > software package? > > I think this too would restrict the ability to fork the code. > > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelbauer.com -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
