<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Andreas,<br><br></div>thanks for bringing this up, I think we should sign as QGIS.org *and* as individual companies/developers.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Andreas Neumann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a.neumann@carto.net" target="_blank">a.neumann@carto.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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EU plans to change copyright laws so that content sharing and code sharing sites, such as Github, Gitlab, OSM, OpenStreetmap would have to check any uploaded content (including source code) to be checked against databases or copyrighted content and code.<br>
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Ultimately, this means that Github can decide in the future to reject code, if it has similarities with already patented or copyrighted code. Seems such content filters already exist for content sharing sites, such as Youtube or photo sharing platforms - e.g. when video content is checked if it contains copyrighted audio or video material.<br>
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I think, we, as <a href="http://QGIS.ORG" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">QGIS.ORG</a> should sign this Open Letter from FSFE to ask gov officials to rethink their ideas: <a href="https://savecodeshare.eu/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://savecodeshare.eu/</a><br>
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What do you think - can we sign this on behalf of <a href="http://QGIS.ORG" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">QGIS.ORG</a>?<br>
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Greetings,<br>
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Andreas<br>
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