From: Jim Hendler ([email protected])
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
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