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
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