Bob,
Bob Jolliffe wrote:
> Hi Alex
>
> Perhaps one way to move forward would be to raise a defect report
> against IS 26300 complaining about the schema licensing?
>
>
> Yes this would be one way of ensuring it is addressed.
>
> But I would also be extremely reluctant to present this as a
> particular problem with ODF. I just took a look at the ISO29500
> schemas from the ITTF free downloadable site and I see that they have
> exactly the same problem. In fact in some ways it is perhaps worse as
> they have no copyright statement at all on them. Perhaps there are
> people who think that the absence of a copyright statement means that
> they are in some way public domain. Which might be the cause of
> Murata-san's confusion. But in fact, not only do you not have licence
> but it is also not clear who you would get a licence from. The
> ECMA376 schemas are the same.
>
Yes, under the Berne Convention, copyright attaches at the moment of
creation, without any special language, dating, etc.
> So it seems that OASIS, ECMA and ISO might be in need of some movement
> here. And probably others. Anyway, the ODF issue has been raised now
> on the comment list and I will raise it internally with the TC and OASIS.
>
A broader resolution of the issue would be better but won't be quick.
Hope you are having a great day!
Patrick
> Regards
> Bob
>
>
>
>
> This could be
> tabled for the upcoming WG6 Paris meeting. Then the formal process
> would
> have to grind through to some solution - it's going to take lawyers,
> rather than us techies, to sort it out so I suspect the impetus of a
> formal process is needed to get action.
>
>
>
>
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Patrick Durusau
Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34
Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps)
Editor, OpenDocument Format TC (OASIS), Project Editor ISO/IEC 26300
Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps)
