Hello all, there has been a related thread going on in the spdx-legal list: see https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/topic/71831424
As mentioned in that thread, I would note the Legal Team's comments on this from April 2013 at https://wiki.spdx.org/view/Legal_Team/Decisions/Dealing_with_Public_Domain_within_SPDX_Files Best, Steve On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:33 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > A new poll has been created: > > The U.S. Copyright Office considers some works *uncopyrightable *"because > they contain an *insufficient amount of authorship*", e.g. "words and > short phrases ... titles ... names", "mere listing of ... contents, or a > simple set of directions...", and *blank forms* ( > https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ33.pdf). > > SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE and SPDX-CopyrightText: NONE state that > there is no license or copyright statement, but do not say that none is > needed or possible. > > SPDX-License-Identifer: NOASSERTION and SPDX-CopyrightText: NOASSERTION is > similarly inappropriate. > > A REUSE.software scan will produce false-positives if it has no way to > distinguish the case of uncopyrightable material. This issue came up > because my group has empty files (placeholders) and blank forms (templates) > in OSS. Since we require a clean scan on each build, we have to maintain a > workaround to eliminate the false positives. > ----- > My apologies if you find this poll inappropriate: I thought I had > submitted this concern weeks ago as a message, but I am now unable to find > it -- nor have I got any response. Therefore I am taking this route to get > my question addressed. > > 1. Yes - an UNCOPYRIGHTABLE License is needed > 2. Yes - an UNCOPYRIGHTABLE keyword is needed > 3. No > 4. No - simply claim an unenforceable copyright and license > > Vote Now <https://lists.spdx.org/g/spdx/vote?pollid=11650> > > > -- Steve Winslow Director of Strategic Programs The Linux Foundation [email protected] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1295): https://lists.spdx.org/g/spdx/message/1295 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/71881689/21656 Mute #poll: https://lists.spdx.org/mk?hashtag=poll&subid=2655439 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/spdx/leave/2655439/1698928721/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
