On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 02:43:57PM -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote:
Because of this, I think we need to take the following steps:
1. No implementation should explicitly use algorithms from CC.
2. No discussion of implementation matters should refer to Calendrical
Calculations. For example, don't
Abigail wrote:
I don't think you quoted the part where they put a restriction on the
algorithms (which, AFAIK, are not copyrightable or patentable; they
fall in the same categories as ideas, which can't be copyrighted either).
Ummm, at least in the US, algorythms _can_ be patented. See GIF
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, srl wrote:
Rich Bowen emailed them at one point and got an agreement from them
that he could implement the algorithms and release the code freely,
as long as he let them publish the code in the next version of the
book. Last I heard, he was confirming that understanding
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
I agree, but you forgot step 0: Ask the authors if they'd be willing
to release the code under an open source license. It doesn't hurt to
ask and if they refuse, then we just continue ignoring the book for
implementation advice.
I did mention
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Dave Rolsky wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, srl wrote:
Rich Bowen emailed them at one point and got an agreement from them
that he could implement the algorithms and release the code freely,
as long as he let them publish the code in the next version of the
book. Last I
