Ravi,
In India software does have copyright but is not patentable (will not go into
details of why it is not patentable in India).
Copyright is automatic from the time the work is created. Also, as Puneet
points out the original author does have a copyright and it can be enforced by
the author if need. To be on the safe side, one can formally register the work
or its extracts, and such reregistration helps in a court of law.
Pls see http://copyright.gov.in and its FAQ section.
And afaik, Open Source licenses suitably modify and make it open for
use,copying and modification of the software/tool (essentially giving the four
freedoms that FSF and all others talk about) and don't alter copyright.
My views are based on what I shared at a CII conclave on IP & Copyrights a few
years ago.
- Rajan
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----- Original Message -----
> 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 ;
>
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> Puneet Kishor
> Science and Data Policy, Creative Commons
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