On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Gilles Sadowski < gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote:
> > > > Sounds OK, but we should verify somehow that the algorithm itself is > > not patented. [...] > > This is probably not the place to start a discussion on the difference > between patent and copyright :-} > Copyright can apply to source code; neither patent nor copyright should > apply to algorithms (even though American patent law has been subverted > in order to include them). > > Does the Apache foundation give in to this "IP" bull<snip> ? Apache generally tries to avoid trouble by settling the questions at development time. That isn't the same as "giving in", but you could read it that way. I prefer to think of it as having a different goal.
