Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > On Tue, 19 May 2009 13:03:33 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > >> Hence I added "caveat fair use". > > Note, there is no "fair use" clause in non Anglo American copyright law. >
But there should be. > However, there is a "threshold of originality" that is a prerequisite for > the application of copyright. This threshold is considerably higher in > European law, than in America. > > E.g. usenet postings are considered below this threshold by default. > There may be exceptions. But their originality has to be proven on case > by case base. > Probably same here in the US. Most of all, Usenet can establish prior art evidence when two parties duke it out over a patent. > >> So, the license process goes: >> >> author -> gedasymbols (to allow browsing) author -> user (to allow use >> and/or redistribution) >> >> Specifically, it does NOT go gedasymbols->user. I don't want to be a >> license middle-man. > > Another difference between Anglo American law and the rest of the world: > Under European law an author can't give away the copyright on his work. > He can grant the right to use to others. But he cannot pass the copyright > itself. ... That is strange. Maybe that's one reason why companies over there are so reluctant to use consultants. In pretty much all my consulting agreements, whenever I design something patentable and that was done on (paid) client time it's theirs to patent. Says so in my standard agreement. I recently had a lengthy negotiation with a foreign client and basically said "Look, my agreement even gives you more rights in that area than your version". They signed it :-) [...] -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user