Re: image processing function list

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 2:37 PM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 23-Jul-2008, Jaroslav Hajek wrote:
>
> | Copyright can only protect a fixed expression of an idea.
>
> Yes, but looking at one expression of an idea makes it more likely
> that your expression will be similar.  It seems much simpler to just
> avoid the situation entirely by not looking at non-free sources.
>

True, but the opposite is also valid: by looking at one expression of
an idea you can ensure that your expression will be as different as
possible.
In fact, I'm sure that due to the Octave/Matlab compatibility, simple
ideas will tend to get expressed in the same fashion anyway.
Concerning patents, I wonder how many of the Octave violates now ...

> jwe
>



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