Hello Nadja,
You're right... page 10 of http://www.iso.org/iso/copyright_information_brochure.pdf [1] states ISO and IEC and their respective members are offering many different options to companies and standards users when they need to legally make more extensive use of the content of standards. Extracting parts of a standard for inclusion in the company's internal documentation, user's guide or manuals - ISO and IEC encourage the use and adoption of their standards in company documentation. Depending on the scale of the extract, permission can be granted on a case-by-case basis. Including parts of a standard in books or software applications - Citing standards or including extracts is encouraged as long as acknowledgements and any necessary royalty arrangements are concluded. To find out how to obtain any additional rights or if you have any questions relating to copyright, PLEASE CONTACT ISO OR THE IEC, or their respective members at the addresses indicated at the end of the brochure. - john On 12.06.2012 05:46, Nadja Kutz wrote: > jmcclure wrote: "And please mention how the wikidata community can be assured that the wikidata team's designs themselves don't infringe someone else's patent or copyright, a reassurance that would directly follow from MWF's purchase of rights to use an ISO standard." > > May be someone can phone these people in Geneva and ask wether wikidata could at least base its ontology on the ISO Standard. > (eventually by purchasing this right) > phone number: http://www.iso.org/iso/copyright.htm > in that way one would eventually not use their explicit texts and formats but could use at least their structural outline ? > Allthough it would of course be better if the formats would be in accordance. > The ISO funds itself with selling standards. May be some rich sponsor could buy their RDF classification and > make it openly accessible? Whats the ISO opinion on that did someone check? > > Commercial publishing and open access need not be automatically exclusive > i.e. here one could eventually pay for an open access publication in order to prevent the ruin of the ISO. > > by the way, whats MWF (mediawikifoundation?) and thanks to Fabian Suchanek for the explanations at http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.wikidata/331 > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l Links: ------ [1] http://www.iso.org/iso/copyright_information_brochure.pdf
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