From: Jim Hendler (jhendler@darpa.mil)
Date: 08/16/01
At 8:50 AM -0700 8/16/01, Deborah McGuinness wrote: >i do not have a problem granting copyright but do have a question - i >would like to be free to publish papers on daml+oil and grant copyright >of the papers that i might publish as a publisher requests. >I presume that would be true of everyone on the contributing list. >can we make whatever we need to sign explicitly allow us to publish >papers on the daml+oil work and be free to grant copyright of those >papers as publishers require? > >thanks, >Deborah > >Mike Dean wrote: > >> > Who holds copyright on DAML+OIL? >> > http://www.daml.org/2001/03/daml+oil-index.html >> >> My guess is that there's no single legal entity (given that >> the Joint Committee isn't a legal entity). >> >> DARPA contracts normally give "commercial rights" (i.e. use >> other than by the U.S. Government) to the contractor. Peter >> and the E.U. participants aren't covered by DARPA anyway. >> >> > I may need something in writing from each of those folks >> > releasing copyright or granting W3C rights to create >> > derivative works or something, in order to use DAML+OIL >> > as the basis of W3C work. >> >> I expect that's the likely path. Is there anyone who would >> be unwilling or unable to provide such a statement? >> >> If it isn't resolved beforehand, I'll add this to the agenda >> for Tuesday. >> > > Mike It has been suggested that we submit DAML+OIL to the W3C as a working note (details when I have them) -- as I understand the rules, the W3C would then be able to create derivative works, as would we all - thus solving Deb's problem. If you tried to pass the whole of DAML+OIL spec or any of the documents to a publisher, I suspect none of us would be happy with them getting the copyright. If piece of D+O appears in a larger context, then the article could be copyrighted, but it wouldn't be a transitive relationship. This is my personal opinion based on experience, not a govt ruling or any such. The official thing I will say is that the US Govt cannot own a copyright, and things I write in my govt capacity (like D+O stuff) cannot be stuff I own a copyright on... -JH -- Prof. James Hendler Program Manager DARPA/ISO 703-696-2238 (phone) 3701 N. Fairfax Dr. 703-696-2201 (Fax) Arlington, VA 22203 jhendler@darpa.mil
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