RE: [computer-go] Intellectual Property

[Micah J Best <mjbest@xxxxxxx>]

<IANAL>
I had come to understand that you could patent an algorithm.  Which is one of 
things that convinced me that this civilization has finally gone completely 
nutty.  ( Rather like a set of instructions on package of toothpicks ).

I would be very happy to be wrong about this.
</IANAL>

MjB

>===== Original Message From "Nicol N. Schraudolph" <compgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
=====
>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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