[jawsscripts] Re: License and Copyright
- From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:05:37 -0400
Thanks! Between your answer and a GNU webpage I came across while
downloading Vinix today, I have a better understanding of copyright and
software licencing. At least enough for now. The page I came across was:
How to use GNU licenses for your own software - GNU Project - Free Software
Foundation (FSF)
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html
Vinux is a customized GNU / Linuxbased on Ubuntu specialized for the
visually inmpaired. It can be run from CD, Flashdrive or installed on a
hard disk. It can be found at:
http://vinux.org.uk/
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "E.J. Zufelt" <lists@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:14 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: License and Copyright
> Good evening,
>
> Copyright and licensing works differently in different legal
> jurisdictions. The following is general and not to be treated as
> legal advice.
>
> 1. Almost any written work can be copyrighted. A copyright is a piece
> of intellectual property, it can be sold or given away. Depending on
> the jurisidiction copyright may need to be explicitly expressed, in
> others it is implicit upon the authors publication of the work.
>
> 2. If you own the intellectual property rights to a work then you can
> license others to use the work. There are many licensing schemes to
> choose from, or you can write your own. gpl, lgpl (limited), bsd are
> only a few.
>
> 3. If you are producing a work for someone else, an individual or
> company, particulary if you are being paid for the production of the
> work, then you need to be careful to specify that they are paying you
> for your labor, and that they will not own the intellectual property
> rights to the finished work. When I do work for an organization I
> normally specify that they will receive a perpetual, non-exclusive
> license to the work, meaning that they can use the work forever, but
> that their license to do so is non-exclusive and that I can also use
> the work for anything that I like, as I still own the intellectual
> property rights and have not given them away by selling the rights, or
> by offering an exclusive license to use the work.
>
> HTH,
> Everett
>
>
> On 26-Mar-09, at 7:02 PM, Donald Marang wrote:
>
>> Is there any process for licensing your software or applying for a
>> copyright? Or are these things simply declared by the owner? I am
>> asking because Verizon has shown interest in my scripts for Verizon
>> Call Assistant. I intend to distribute them free to the blind
>> community. I would not want Verizon or anyone else to "steel" them
>> or profit from them.
>> Jamal, what is the first "L" in LGPL stand for? From reading your
>> description, I am guessing it stands for Limited.
>>
>> I am more familiar with the patent process. My Uncle worked for GE
>> Plastics all his life and they had a policy of a $1 award for each
>> patent! I know Microsoft and the record companies make a huge deal
>> about copyright. Is this just declared, like placing a copyright
>> notification at the bottom of a web page, or is there a legal
>> registration somewhere?
>>
>> Don Marang
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