phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] PHS API copyright?

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Message-ID: <1059377985.20140510181353@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 18:13:53 +0200
From: Krisztián Pintér <pinterkr@...il.com>
To: discussions@...sword-hashing.net
Subject: Re: [PHC] PHS API copyright?

Jean-Philippe Aumasson (at Saturday, May 10, 2014, 4:34:36 PM):
> That said, I believe it is necessary to clarify intellectual property
> terms on the PHC website. I will discuss this with qualified people,
> and will add the relevant statements to the website. Hopefully next
> week.

i was under the impression that the PHC function have descriptive
purposes only, not intended to be actually used. it is a programmer's
way describing how to set up and invoke the alogrithm in a general
way.