<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>On Oct 16, 2013, at 11:26 PM, Ravi Kumar <<a href="mailto:ravivundavalli48@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ravivundavalli48@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><div>
<br></div><div><div style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;display:inline" class="gmail_default">> </div>How many of the OSGeo Softwares are Copy Left and Copy Right<div style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;display:inline" class="gmail_default">
</div></div><div><div style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;display:inline" class="gmail_default"></div><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">></span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"> </span>Pl give a link where the<span style="background-color:rgb(253,239,43)"> rationale is explained especially for OSGeo.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">></span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"> </span>I am aware that Free Software Foundation has things explained.</div><div><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">></span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"> </span>This is to a great extent true only in countries like USA where software </div>
<div><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">></span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"> </span>can be copy righted.</div><div><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">></span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"> </span>In many countries software does not come under Copyright. Example: </div>
<div><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">></span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"> </span>India.</div><br><div><span>The above is incorrect. </span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">As per Section 13(1)(a) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, copyright subsists in original literary, dramatic and musical works:</span></div>
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</p></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style><div style><div title="Page 9" style><div style><div style><div style><p style><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial,Bold'">13. Works in which copyright subsists.</span></p>
</div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">(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,-
</span></div><div style><div style><div title="Page 9" style><div style><div style><div style><p style><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">(a) original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works; </span></p>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><div><p></p><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">As per Section 2(o) of the (Indian) Copyright Act, 1957; literary works include computer programmes. The exact text of the section is:<br>
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</div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style><div style><div style><div class="" title="Page 4" style><div class="" style><div class="" style><p style><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">(o)</span></p>
<div style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt">"literary work" includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer<div style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;display:inline" class="gmail_default">
</div></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"> data bases ; </span><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><i><br></i></span></div>
<div><br><br>--<div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">Puneet Kishor</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">Science and Data Policy, Creative Commons</div></div></div></div></div>