OSGeo is able to obtain legal advice, as PMC representative I can make that
request on behalf of our project. As one of the early projects in OSGeo
other projects will be following our lead.
To close this one out I would be content to update our policy to be file
creation/contribution date - and if you wish to make the motion Ben we can
formally ask OSGeo to obtain legal advice (they may do so directly or via
reaching out to another foundation with legal staff).
--
Jody Garnett
On 20 May 2016 at 13:50, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote:
> Many stackexchange comments on common law copyright and registration
> relate to the US prior its accession to the Berne convention (1989). Please
> see later comments and this:
> https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/copyright
>
> Furthermore, and I am not a lawyer, can you copyright an individual source
> code file? Is it not like the page of a book?
>
> As this is an OSGeo project, and OSGeo is incorporated in the United
> States, we should give consideration to US law.
>
> Jody, does OSGeo have a policy on whether dates are required in copyright
> headers? Does copyright reside in a single source code file or GeoTools as
> a work as a whole? Is OSGeo able to obtain legal advice these matters?
>
> Kind regards,
> Ben.
>
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