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Re: Packetstorm started a try2crack of A.R.C.S. Algorithm



Angelo Rosiello <guilecool@xxxxxxx> writes:
> A.R.C.S., or the Angelo Rosiello and Roberto Carrrozzo Stream
> cipher, is a copyrighted algorithm that the authors have allowed
> http://packetstorm.org sole rights to host and distribute. [...] Be
> forewarned, commercial use of this algorithm is forbidden without
> the Authors' consent.

Algorithms can patented, but they cannot be copyrighted.  Only a
particular expression of an algorithm can be copyrighted.

      Mark