[jawsscripts] Re: License and Copyright

Good evening,

That is all correct as far as I am aware.

HTH,
Everett


On 26-Mar-09, at 11:33 PM, Jamal Mazrui wrote:

> Excellent questions, Donald -- for which I have not found answers easy
> to find, somewhat to my surprise and frustration.  I can convey the
> following points with relative confidence.  I invite anyone to correct
> any mistaken understandings or clarify the picture further:
>
> *  You can establish a presumptive copyright of a work simply by
> stating "Copyright <year> by <unambiguous name>" when first bublished.
>
> *  It is important that this notice be apparent the first time the  
> work
> is made publicly available for distribution.
>
> *  Further legal evidence of copyright can be obtained by filing a  
> form
> with a U.S. copyright office (not sure of the exact title), but this  
> is
> usually not necessary.
>
> *  As the copyright owner, you can decide what rights and conditions  
> to
> confer to others.
>
> *  The GNU General Public License (GPL), promoted at
> http://gnu.org
> is considered the ultimate expression of "free software," to some,
> idealogically so.  It requires that any derivative work is also open
> source.
>
> *  Open source, as generally understood, does not mean that fees  
> cannot
> be charged for technical support or other related products or  
> services.
> It does mean that the source code is available at no cost or neglible
> cost.
>
> *  The Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is promoted by the same
> organization as a compromise position (not its ideal).  It essentially
> means that other works can use the code in binary form without  
> releasing
> their own source code (e.g., a .jsb file).  If they modify the source
> code, however, I think they have to release the modified version (I'm
> not as clear on this point).
>
> *  The BSD license, also called Berkeley license, is less restrictive.
> Essentially, a derivative work does not have to release its source  
> code
> as long as it acknowledges the source of the original work and does  
> not
> use that work in a promotional manner.
>
> *  The MIT license (from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is
> like the BSD license, except that it drops the prohibition against
> promotional uses.
>
> *  Public domain relaxes all conditions -- the original work may be  
> used
> in any manner, including selling it by others for commercial gain.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jamal
>
> On Thu,
> 26 Mar 2009, Donald Marang wrote:
>
>> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:02:47 -0400
>> From: Donald Marang <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] License and Copyright
>>
>> Is there any process for licensing your software or applying for a  
>> copyright?  Or are these things simply declared by the owner?  I am  
>> asking because Verizon has shown interest in my scripts for Verizon  
>> Call Assistant.  I intend to distribute them free to the blind  
>> community.  I would not want Verizon or anyone else to "steel" them  
>> or profit from them.
>> Jamal, what is the first "L" in LGPL stand for?  From reading your  
>> description, I am guessing it stands for Limited.
>>
>> I am more familiar with the patent process.  My Uncle worked for GE  
>> Plastics all his life and they had a policy of a $1 award for each  
>> patent!  I know Microsoft and the record companies make a huge deal  
>> about copyright.  Is this just declared, like placing a copyright  
>> notification at the bottom of a web page, or is there a legal  
>> registration somewhere?
>>
>> Don Marang
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