Dave Dunfield wrote:
I hold copyright on this code which protects this
particular
implementation/representation of the ideas and algorithms used within
it, however I have neither applied for, nor received patents on any
portion of the program. This means the ideas and algorithms themselves
are NOT restricted. In other words you can use any of the techniques
Just my 2p worth, but if you think the algorithms may be patentable it
could be worth patenting them before $evil_megacorp does. Whether or
not you choose to defend that patent is another matter.
It would be better to have one of the "good guys" holding the patents.
Gordon.