Are mathamatical Algorithms protected by copyright
- by analogy
I wish to implement an algorithm which i read in a journal paper in my software (commercial).
I want to know if this is allowed or not.
The algorithm in question is described in http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2938
It is a very simple algorithm and a number of implementations exist in python (http://igraph.sourceforge.net/) and java.
One of them is in gpl another which i got from a different researcher and had no license attached. There are significant differences in two implementations, e.g. second one uses threads and multiple cores.
It is possible to rewrite/ (not translate) the algorithm.
So can I use it in my software or on a server for commercial purpose.
Thanks