From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,4c414b671e6762ef X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Received: by 10.180.105.38 with SMTP id gj6mr625833wib.0.1345237568313; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:06:08 -0700 (PDT) Path: n2ni181703136win.0!nntp.google.com!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!194.109.133.84.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!border4.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!xlned.com!feeder7.xlned.com!multikabel.net!newsfeed10.multikabel.net!feed.xsnews.nl!border-1.ams.xsnews.nl!plix.pl!newsfeed2.plix.pl!217.153.128.51.MISMATCH!nf1.ipartners.pl!ipartners.pl!newsfeed.pionier.net.pl!news-2.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.visyn.net!visyn.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Vasiliy Molostov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: copyright questions Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:39:22 +0400 Organization: None Message-ID: References: <9aa82823-3b7b-4212-949a-780efa7d7cc1@googlegroups.com> <7c43f9ce-3cb4-4116-948b-9801238ed47b@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: Xw13RWgh8yxgPSv0x3+H9w.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.01 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Date: 2012-08-14T19:39:22+04:00 List-Id: Julian Leyh =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB(=D0=B0) =D0=B2= =D1=81=D0=B2=D0=BE=D1=91=D0=BC =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D1=8C=D0=BC=D0=B5 Mon= , 13 Aug 2012 = 13:27:11 +0400: > Am Sonntag, 12. August 2012 14:46:29 UTC+2 schrieb Leo Brewin: > interfaces (API, function headers), data structures, nor functionality= . = > So, if you didn't just copy the algorithms 1:1, your code is a new wor= k = > and you can decide what license to put it under. More precisely, public APIs are failed to protect by copyright while sti= ll = copyrightable formally. You can not claim for protect yourself from infringement on API if you = have released it to public - this is a correct answer. (otherwise, you c= an = ambiguously suppose that any ada specification, which is an interface, i= s = not copyrightable - and this is not true) APIs are not patentable, since does not contain any formula or process = description, they are writings in a tangible fixed form in nature, inste= ad = you can issue patent on interface protocol, which describes a process (f= or = example - ada task body). Ada 2012 standard comes with contracts in specifications (with PRE =3D> = ... = etc) and can make them patentable (more patentable than before), since = specification becomes a formula. -- = =D0=9D=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=BE =D0=B2 =D0=BF=D0=BE=D1=87= =D1=82=D0=BE=D0=B2=D0=BE=D0=BC =D0=BA=D0=BB=D0=B8=D0=B5=D0=BD=D1=82=D0=B5= =D0=B1=D1=80=D0=B0=D1=83=D0=B7=D0=B5=D1=80=D0=B0 Opera: http://www.oper= a.com/mail/