Re: algorithm copyright? what's that?

2007-10-03 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 02:20:46PM +0200, Nicolas Limare wrote: Terms and conditions for using, copying, distribution and modification of FooBar versions 2.x and 3.x. You acknowledge to be informed about the following facts, and you accept the consequences: [...]

Re: algorithm copyright? what's that?

2007-10-03 Thread Måns Rullgård
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it a kind of algorithm copyright? No. In some countries there is. They call it a patent. IANAL etc Neither am I. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: algorithm copyright? what's that?

2007-10-03 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 09:16:55AM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote: Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it a kind of algorithm copyright? No. In some countries there is. They call it a patent. A patent is not a copyright. -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho, Jyväskylä, Finland

Re: algorithm copyright? what's that?

2007-10-03 Thread Ryan R. Matt
, simply go through the door. What the mind believes, the body achieves! ~unknown - Original Message From: Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-legal@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2007 4:16:55 AM Subject: Re: algorithm copyright? what's that? Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho

Re: algorithm copyright? what's that?

2007-10-03 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 04:38:10 am Ryan R. Matt wrote: Patents are totally separate from Copyrights. For a patent, you need to show that the item being patented is new, useful, and non-obvious. You also would have a patent registration number on file with a nation's patent office.

Re: algorithm copyright? what's that?

2007-10-03 Thread Ben Finney
Please don't top-post. Ryan R. Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Patents are totally separate from Copyrights. [...] Yes. Copyrights don't have the same requirements and therefore you can copyright a software algorithm. No. Copyright applies only to a *specific, copyable expression* of an

algorithm copyright? what's that?

2007-10-02 Thread Nicolas Limare
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. I have questions about the licence of a software collection I am trying to package. Here is a copy of this licence, al real names removed to avoid unwanted googling.