On Jan 15, 2008 8:46 PM, Marco Gerards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 01:21:04PM +0100, Marco Gerards wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I do not think these algorithms can be copyrighted and are in the > >> >> public domain? Can you check this? > >> > > >> > Only actual code can be copyrighted. Algorithms can only be patented. > >> > > >> > Copyright expires into public domain, but this is only theoretical since > >> > they reform copyright law every 20 years to extend it. > >> > > >> > I think only patents actually expire in practice. > >> > >> What I meant was, that the code Bean used is public domain already. > >> AFAIK that's not uncommon for reference implementations. > > > > It shouldn't be. I wouldn't be too sure though. > > Bean will know :-)
I think copyright should not be the problem, the IJG's version can practically be used in anyway you wanted. -- Bean _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
