Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-31 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Hi list, during this discussion I re-read CC0 and came to the conclusion that it does not license the work itself but the right to act in the stead of the author (e.g. issue licences on it). That’s interesting and allows for a _lot_ of possibilities. Of course… >Making CC0 + a patent release

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-31 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
We're doing something very close to, but not quite the same as what DDS is suggesting; we're stating that if a work (or portion of a work) does not have copyright attached within the US, then that work (or portion of a work) is licensed world-wide under CC0. All other works are licensed under

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-31 Thread Marc Jones
Cem, Has your organization considered using the approach that the Defense Digital Service is taking. It seems like their use of a INTENT file that clearly calls out the fact that the code written by federal employees as not being subject to copyright would address the "copyfraud" concern. >