[Qgis-psc] Open Letter about EU copyright changes

[Alessandro Pasotti]

Hi Andreas,

thanks for bringing this up, I think we should sign as QGIS.org *and* as
individual companies/developers.

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> I think, we, as QGIS.ORG should sign this Open Letter from FSFE to ask
> gov officials to rethink their ideas: https://savecodeshare.eu/
>
> What do you think - can we sign this on behalf of QGIS.ORG?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Andreas
>
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