Timeline for Is it OK to learn an algorithm from an open source project, and then implement it in a closed source project?
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| Mar 23, 2020 at 14:48 | comment | added | Jacob is on Codidact | @MarkJ the open source project could own the patent (or a license), could it not? | |
| Jul 27, 2013 at 19:25 | comment | added | Andres F. | @MarkJ True, I meant to write "copyrightable". Not sure why I wrote "patentable", since I know the difference. My bad :P | |
| Jul 27, 2013 at 7:51 | comment | added | MarkJ | @Andres Algorithms are patentable, but not copyrightable! Like the answer says. Patent issue is irrelevant to the question, if we assume the open source project isn't violating any patents. If it is, then you can't use it as open source, nor can you re-implement it. | |
| Jul 26, 2013 at 20:53 | comment | added | Andres F. | +1 For algorithms not being patentable. | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 1:16 | history | answered | greyfade | CC BY-SA 3.0 |