[Qgis-psc] Open Letter about EU copyright changes

[Luigi Pirelli]

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On 4 October 2017 at 09:14, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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