New compression method

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by Rickertsen2

I'm not really sure what i talkign about and i may be completely wrong, but could this possible fall under a copyright which is a much easier process. I think there is even some sort of implied copyright on everythign that you don't actualyl have to file for but it won't hold up in court very as well as an official one. I looked into this at one point a loong time ago but i don't really remember much.

He could copyright any source code released (an open source license is essentially a detailed copyright) or any document detailing the algorithm, but I don't think it wouldn't actually protect the algorithm itself. I may be wrong about that.

Putting a copyright notice on is easy, at least. Just stick a "Copyright 2004 by Alphabob (real name, obviously)." And, the best part is, you can do that for free. No registration, nothing.