[Ilugc] Help me regarding IEEE licensing issues
- From: sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rahul Sundaram)
- Date: Sun Feb 10 19:36:54 2008
Arnold Noronha wrote:
On Feb 10, 2008 6:02 PM, Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
--- On Feb 10, 2008 5:49 PM, Dinesh Uthayakumar <udinesh5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| i am not reusing their paper.
\--
Yes, you are, by reading and using the content (algorithm) in the
paper, which is the copyright of the author ... (1)
:O
Is it? Does that mean if I write a GPL software that uses quicksort I
have to state that the copyright of quicksort lies with the original
authors of quicksort? (whoever they may be...) It doesn't seem right
:(
Algorithms by themselves are not copyrightable. A specific
implementation of the algorithm is but if the algorithm is restricted by
patents, applying GPL to a implementation in a region that enforces
software patents makes the software non-redistributable. Refer
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/007may05/features/ip/
You might want to talk to the author and get something in writing. That
would be more safe.
Rahul
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