From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JElAX-0002T8-Fy for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:45:29 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JElAW-0002T3-7n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:45:28 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JElAT-0002Sr-Td for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:45:27 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JElAT-0002So-Na for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:45:25 -0500 Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.30]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JElAT-0004df-81 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:45:25 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (249-174.surfsnel.dsl.internl.net [145.99.174.249]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0FCjNnl052955 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:45:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) From: Marco Gerards To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <47852F7C.6030407@nic.fi> <874pdhh920.fsf@xs4all.nl> <87abn74ajo.fsf@xs4all.nl> <20080115115237.GB31275@thorin> <87y7ar1dqn.fsf@xs4all.nl> <20080115122913.GI31275@thorin> Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:46:19 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20080115122913.GI31275@thorin> (Robert Millan's message of "Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:29:13 +0100") Message-ID: <8763xv1ckk.fsf@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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 12:45:28 -0000 Robert Millan 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 :-) -- Marco