From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JEkwd-0006tw-Il for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:31:07 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JEkwb-0006rA-0F for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:31:05 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JEkwZ-0006oI-AQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:31:04 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JEkwY-0006o8-PG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:31:02 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JEkwY-00025u-DZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:31:02 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JEkwV-0004sZ-8K for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:31:01 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JEkun-0000En-On for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:29:13 +0100 Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:29:13 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080115122913.GI31275@thorin> References: <47852F7C.6030407@nic.fi> <874pdhh920.fsf@xs4all.nl> <87abn74ajo.fsf@xs4all.nl> <20080115115237.GB31275@thorin> <87y7ar1dqn.fsf@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y7ar1dqn.fsf@xs4all.nl> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] jpeg image reader X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:31:05 -0000 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. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)