On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Rich Teer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, IANAL, but it seems to me that one can't GPL magic numbers or > > algorithms, so provided that you don't use any of the GPLed code, I > > think you should be OK. > > I am not sure about the US Copyright system. In Europe, an algorithm would > most likely be too small to be called a "work".
Right. ISTR reading somewhere a while ago that ideas aren't copyrightable or patentable, but the expression of those ideas ARE (at least in some jurisdictions). -- Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, OpenSolaris CAB member President, Rite Online Inc. Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URL: http://www.rite-group.com/rich _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
