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On Sep 28, 2008, at 8:58 PM, Reese, Terry wrote:
This seems like a real grey area. I can see Thomson Scientific
putting up a fuss when using ENS files generated by the creator of
EndNote. But ENS files can -- and have -- be created by just about
anyone (librarians, journal publishers, researchers) and published
on
the open web.
(As the original author of the quoted section above, please replace
"can -- and have -- be created" with "can -- and have -- been created".)
I'm not sure that's what they are saying. Endnote does come with
ens files that they create (I believe, that was the case the last
time I looked at the software), managed and provided as part of
their application. They certainly can claim rights to those (this
isn't really a gray area) -- and unless the Zotero software is able
to determine user generated files from files distributed as part of
the Endnote application, then it could be problematic.
Agreed -- if Thomson Scientific created the ENS style file in
question, then it is their intellectual property and there are
probably grounds for the lawsuit.
The version of EndNote I have (circa 2005) came with a couple dozen
styles, and as of now Thomson Scientific has 3,500 up on their EndNote
Styles website. Even these may not be created by Thomson Scientific
itself -- the notes in the Zotero enhancement ticket mention that some
of the styles might be user-contributed. A quick perusal of the
Zotero code that decodes the ENS file (https://www.zotero.org/trac/browser/extension/trunk/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/enstyle.js?rev=2908
#L112) would seem to show that there is nothing in the ENS file that
points to who created the style. If there was some way to exclude
EndNote style files created Thomson Scientific, then Zotero would
probably be okay.
But, then again, I'm not a lawyer...
Peter
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