Le mardi 29 juin 2021 à 09:56 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de a écrit : > On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 04:38:50PM -0500, Tim Meehan wrote: > > Say for instance, I have found an algorithm for scalar function > > minimization on a website, written in C. It is posted with a > license for > > use. If I write something based on this hypothetical code, is it > then > > clearly also licensed in the same manner? > > Definitely not: a license is about copyright, and copyright protects > the > expression of an idea, not the idea itself (the Lord of the Rings is > under > copyright, but if you write a novel involving very old talking trees, > you > dont infringe on that).
The idea is the algorithm, but the expression of the idea is the C program. If you copy the C program, you are indeed bound by the license of the C program. > You might want to not use exactly the same variable names, just to > make sure :) I would not do that. It will just make the program harder to read.
