Hi Klaus,
I would say that a copyright should be interpreted strictly, in the way that nothing is allowed except it was explicitly mentioned otherwise. In your case, you are not be allowed to use the script or a substantial part of it as if it were your own, unless the author gives you the permission (--> "All rights reserved."). If the author gives you the permission, he/she may ask for an appropriate fee. This seems to be fair. Best regards -- Tino H. Haida, Berlin Klaus Daube: > Dear Framers! > > 3 years ago I ordered and got an ExtendScript according to my > specifications for which I paid quite an amount. The author placed a > note in the script: > > // Copyright 2013, Author.Company.Com. All rights reserved. > > May I (as purchaser of a specific work) use this work as a base for own > work which I then offer to the public on my website? > > With all this plagiarism discussion in the back of my neck: When using > other people's work (which normally does not contain any copyright > notice) I have started to include a note such as: > > Based on xxx.jsx (http://...). > > fo example: > > function FindAndReplaceString (activeDoc, findString, replaceString, > loopMax) > > // Source: Russ Ward in > https://forums.adobe.com/message/3888653#3888653 > > I have seen (c) notices in script souce such as the following - which is > clear to allow what I intend to do: > > // (c) 2010 Matt Di Pasquale > > // > > // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person > obtaining a copy > > // of this software and associated documentation files (the > "Software"), to deal > > // in the Software without restriction, including without limitation > the rights > > // to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or > sell > > // copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software > is > > // furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: > > // > > // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be > included in > > // all copies or substantial portions of the Software. > > But such long statements are rare. The script example is 90 lines, of > which the complete (c) notice is 20 lines. > > We all build our work with the help from others - or we need to close > all forums. IMHO it is fair use to state the source of the bricks which > I use to build a new script. But does this violate the claims of the > author mentioned on top? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~ > > Docu + Design Daube; Schäracher 11; CH-8053 Zürich > > Technical documentation & consultancy; On-line and paper > > F: +41-44-422 86 25 E: d...@daube.ch W: www.daube.ch [1] > _______________________________________________ Links: ------ [1] http://www.daube.ch _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
