On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > > today I was in a meeting about GeoExt, and the following question came up: > > "Is it possible for OsGeo to take copyright for a project which yet has to > form and has not passed incubation as such?"
Just looking at the above question, the answer would be "no" in the US. In the US, per Title 17, Section 102, "original works of authorship" have to be "fixed in any tangible medium of expression" before they can acquire copyright protection. Since the said project hasn't yet been formed, it can't be protected. > > A commercial company has expressed issues contributing if the copyright is > not owned by a trustworthy independent organization such as OsGeo. > > Is anybody able to answer this? TIA. > > Best regards, > Bart > > -- > Bart van den Eijnden > OSGIS, Open Source GIS > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.osgis.nl > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org/ Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) http://www.osgeo.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
