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Article #75007Re: Algorithms in magazines
From: Vincent Manis
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 1990 03:11
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 1990 03:11
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In article <9011211842.AA07643@mole.ai.mit.edu> rms@AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman) writes: >There is no copyright reason why you can't. Copyright doesn't cover >algorithms. But, in my non-legal opinion, the magazine might have a case. If what you do is a mechanical translation, then the magazine might argue that what you have produced is a ``derivative,'' to which their copyright still applies. If, on the other hand, you have exercised considerable ingenuity in your code (e.g., finding clever data structure representations) then the magazine's case disappears. -- \ Vincent Manis <manis@cs.ubc.ca> "There is no law that vulgarity and \ Department of Computer Science literary excellence cannot coexist." /\ University of British Columbia -- A. Trevor Hodge / \ Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1W5 (604) 228-2394
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,3a04f0561053ad9e X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-11-21 19:11:03 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!peregrine!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!manis From: manis@cs.ubc.ca (Vincent Manis) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Algorithms in magazines Message-ID: <1990Nov22.031103.8749@cs.ubc.ca> Date: 22 Nov 90 03:11:03 GMT References: <9011211842.AA07643@mole.ai.mit.edu> Sender: news@cs.ubc.ca (Usenet News) Distribution: gnu Organization: Institute for Pure and Applied Eschatology Lines: 17 Posted: Thu Nov 22 04:11:03 1990