Re: [computer-go] Intellectual Property

["Nicol N. Schraudolph" <compgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Robin Kramer wrote:

> I know that the code itself is not sufficient to produce, a copyright,
> patent etc.  I am interested in protecting the rights of anyone who should
> want to share code, including myself.

Code cannot be patented (nor a work of art, nor an algorithm), but the
legal doctrine is that since modern programming languages give you the
flexibility and freedom to express a given algorithm in many different
ways, source code is a creative work, and as such automatically protected
by copyright.  Of course violations are hard to pursue unless you attach
an explicit copyright notice.

Best,

- nic

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