[OSGeo-Discuss] copyright question

[Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)]

So if the project had been formed, but does not contain any source code 
as yet it's possible? Or am I misinterpreting your words?

Best regards,
Bart

P Kishor wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)
> <bartvde at osgis.nl> wrote:
>   
>> Hi list,
>>
>> today I was in a meeting about GeoExt, and the following question came up:
>>
>> "Is it possible for OsGeo to take copyright for a project which yet has to
>> form and has not passed incubation as such?"
>>     
>
> Just looking at the above question, the answer would be "no" in the
> US. In the US, per  Title 17, Section 102, "original works of
> authorship" have to be "fixed in any tangible medium of expression"
> before they can acquire copyright protection. Since the said project
> hasn't yet been formed, it can't be protected.
>
>
>   
>> A commercial company has expressed issues contributing if the copyright is
>> not owned by a trustworthy independent organization such as OsGeo.
>>
>> Is anybody able to answer this? TIA.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bart
>>
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>> bartvde at osgis.nl
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