Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Copy Left and Copyright for Geospatial software
Rajan and All, I think Ravi was seeking clarification about All Rights Reserved mentioned in some of the OSGeo Software's copyright notices. © symbol or word Copyright followed publication date and copyright owner's name should be adequate (like in many web sites) to be protected under copyright. Also, since Open Sources licenses [1] grant rights to the users (rather than reserving them with copyright owner) removing All Rights Reserved would reduce confusion. All rights reserved is a legacy and persists although not required by copyright laws in most countries. Venka [1] http://opensource.org/licenses On 10/18/2013 2:58 PM, K S Rajan wrote: Ravi, In India software does have copyright but is not patentable (will not go into details of why it is not patentable in India). Copyright is automatic from the time the work is created. Also, as Puneet points out the original author does have a copyright and it can be enforced by the author if need. To be on the safe side, one can formally register the work or its extracts, and such reregistration helps in a court of law. Pls see http://copyright.gov.in and its FAQ section. And afaik, Open Source licenses suitably modify and make it open for use,copying and modification of the software/tool (essentially giving the four freedoms that FSF and all others talk about) and don't alter copyright. My views are based on what I shared at a CII conclave on IP Copyrights a few years ago. - Rajan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Copy Left and Copyright for Geospatial software
Ravi, In India software does have copyright but is not patentable (will not go into details of why it is not patentable in India). Copyright is automatic from the time the work is created. Also, as Puneet points out the original author does have a copyright and it can be enforced by the author if need. To be on the safe side, one can formally register the work or its extracts, and such reregistration helps in a court of law. Pls see http://copyright.gov.in and its FAQ section. And afaik, Open Source licenses suitably modify and make it open for use,copying and modification of the software/tool (essentially giving the four freedoms that FSF and all others talk about) and don't alter copyright. My views are based on what I shared at a CII conclave on IP Copyrights a few years ago. - Rajan -- 1. Please use VRGeo.in (http://vrgeo.in) - the Collaborative Mapping Platform for Researchers and All -- K S Rajan, Ph.D. Head, Lab for Spatial Informatics, Associate Professor, International Institute of Information Technology Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India Tel: (+91-40)6653 1276 Fax: (+91-40)6653 1413 E-mail: ra...@iiit.ac.in GeoLocation: 17.4454 N, 78.3503 E - Original Message - On Oct 16, 2013, at 11:26 PM, Ravi Kumar ravivundavall...@yahoo.com wrote: How many of the OSGeo Softwares are Copy Left and Copy Right Pl give a link where the rationale is explained especially for OSGeo. I am aware that Free Software Foundation has things explained. This is to a great extent true only in countries like USA where software can be copy righted. In many countries software does not come under Copyright. Example: India. The above is incorrect. As per Section 13(1)(a) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, copyright subsists in original literary, dramatic and musical works: 13. Works in which copyright subsists. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section and the other provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist throughout India in the following classes of works, that is to say,- (a) original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works; As per Section 2(o) of the (Indian) Copyright Act, 1957; literary works include computer programmes. The exact text of the section is: (o) literary work includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer data bases ; -- Puneet Kishor Science and Data Policy, Creative Commons ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Copy Left and Copyright for Geospatial software
How many of the OSGeo Softwares are Copy Left and Copy Right Pl give a link where therationale is explained especially for OSGeo. I am aware that Free Software Foundation has things explained. This is to a great extent true only in countries like USA where software can be copy righted. In many countries software does not come under Copyright. Example: India.___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Copy Left and Copyright for Geospatial software
El Miércoles, 16 de octubre de 2013 23:26:19 Ravi Kumar escribió: How many of the OSGeo Softwares are Copy Left and Copy Right Pl give a link where therationale is explained especially for OSGeo. STFW. http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html «The Open Source Geospatial Foundation projects are all freely available and useable under an OSI-certified open source license.» Emphasis on all. Best, -- Iván Sánchez Ortega i...@sanchezortega.es ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Copy Left and Copyright for Geospatial software
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17.10.2013 08:26, Ravi Kumar wrote: How many of the OSGeo Softwares are Copy Left and Copy Right Pl give a link where therationale is explained especially for OSGeo. I am aware that Free Software Foundation has things explained. This is to a great extent true only in countries like USA where software can be copy righted. In many countries software does not come under Copyright. Example: India. Ravi, this is interesting. What kind of rights are attributed (if any) to software in India? There is a comparable / yet very different issue in continental European legal systems. Copyright did not exist here until they were introduced from anglo-saxon jurisdictions in the last century together with patents and the like. We instead had originator's rights which is an intangible asset / cannot be sold like copyrights. The concept of copyright, patents and IP is now enforced by WTO, WIPO and the like and keeps the machine running for good or bad. Free and Open Source Software licenses come from within the legal system of Copyrights and re-implements a commons which works perfectly (other than the tragic materialistic commons). But people lack an understanding of the difference between sharing material goods and digital goods [7]. I believe the closest to a rationale on OSGeo's take on Free and Open Source Software (but not an officially endorsed position) can be found in recursive loops here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Commercial_Software http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Free_Software http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source Cheers, Arnulf [7] http://arnulf.us/Share - -- Arnulf Christl (Director) The metaspatial Institute Certification: Open Source - Open Data - Open Standards http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlJf1AoACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b2xogCff9AfPuCEKZ3RUYZyORfQBx6V pAYAnAiMl6+C6sAWt2+FXo3yBCOnZ9OI =Uc+R -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Copy Left and Copyright for Geospatial software
On Oct 16, 2013, at 11:26 PM, Ravi Kumar ravivundavall...@yahoo.com wrote: How many of the OSGeo Softwares are Copy Left and Copy Right Pl give a link where the rationale is explained especially for OSGeo. I am aware that Free Software Foundation has things explained. This is to a great extent true only in countries like USA where software can be copy righted. In many countries software does not come under Copyright. Example: India. The above is incorrect. As per Section 13(1)(a) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, copyright subsists in original literary, dramatic and musical works: 13. Works in which copyright subsists. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section and the other provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist throughout India in the following classes of works, that is to say,- (a) original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works; As per Section 2(o) of the (Indian) Copyright Act, 1957; literary works include computer programmes. The exact text of the section is: (o) literary work includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer data bases ; * * -- Puneet Kishor Science and Data Policy, Creative Commons ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
