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

[mhw@xxxxxxxxxx (Mark H. Weaver)]

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