Re: copy-write question

Michael, All:

I think archiving Russell's email is good, but I actually like his
proposed URI for use in the W3C normative document.

Any reason we can't do both?

Best,

Janina

Russell writes:
> Hi Lisa,
> 
> Yes, we agree that the reference numbers can be used in keeping with the w3c
> patent policy. If attribution can be made in the document, that would be
> great, otherwise I guess we can include it at the license url.
> 
> For a stable url, would something like http://blissymbolics.org/w3c-license
> <http://blissymbolics.org/index.php/licensing> work? Have I understood you
> correctly?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Russell
> 
> On 2019-08-22 11:18 a.m., lisa.seeman wrote:
> > Hi Russell
> > What time frame do you think it will take to get a decisions if we can
> > use the BCI *numbers* in the specification in keeping with the w3c
> > patent policy at https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy
> > 
> > We would need the licence to be in a stable url to be able to use it in
> > our specification.
> > 
> > All the best
> > 
> > Lisa Seeman
> > 
> > LinkedIn <http://il.linkedin.com/in/lisaseeman/>, Twitter
> > <https://twitter.com/SeemanLisa>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ---- On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:19:32 +0300 *Russell
> > <russell@blissymbolics.org <mailto:russell@blissymbolics.org>>* wrote
> > ----
> > 
> >     Hi Lisa,
> > 
> >     Well, that is a question that has never been asked before! My
> >     initial reaction would be "no" but let me run it by the board just
> >     in case.
> > 
> >     Russell
> > 
> >     On 2019-08-20 7:03 a.m., lisa.seeman wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >         Hi Russell
> > 
> >         Thanks for getting back to us so quickly.
> > 
> >         We are just talking about using the BCI reference number. Not
> >         the actual symbols.
> >         We need people to be able to use the specification for profit
> >         applications without paying royalties.
> > 
> >         Are the BCI numbers subject to copywrite and if so can people
> >         make a "for profit" product that uses them (such as a web
> >         page) royalty free?
> > 
> >         All the best
> > 
> >         Lisa Seeman
> > 
> >         LinkedIn <http://il.linkedin.com/in/lisaseeman/>, Twitter
> >         <https://twitter.com/SeemanLisa>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >         ---- On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:42:27 +0300 *Russell
> >         <russell@blissymbolics.org>
> >         <mailto:russell@blissymbolics.org>* wrote ----
> > 
> >             Hi Lisa,
> > 
> >             The licensing information can be found at:
> > 
> >             http://blissymbolics.org/index.php/licensing
> > 
> >             If you have any further questions about it, I am currently
> >             the person to talk to. Attribution would be the only
> >             requirement, I think.
> > 
> >             For ISO codes, there is an older ISO 8859 encoding but it
> >             is no longer used or kept up to date. A proposal for a
> >             Unicode encoding is in a very advanced stage and hopefully
> >             that will become formalized very soon. There are some
> >             technical issues with how indicators are overlaid on
> >             symbols that is holding things up a bit but I am
> >             optimistic that this obstacle will be overcome very soon.
> >             However, the new Unicode encoding will consist of
> >             Bliss-characters - ie the building blocks of the language
> >             - and thus not contain every Bliss-word but only those
> >             words that are also Bliss-characters. So for a numbering
> >             system that refers to all Bliss-words, the BCI-AV numbers
> >             are the ones to use. It is by far the most widely used
> >             indexing. As far as other possible ISO standards such as
> >             7001 or 7010 but for complete pictographic/ideographic
> >             languages, I'm not even aware of a standard let alone
> >             Bliss being part of it.
> > 
> >             Russell
> > 
> > 
> >             On 2019-08-19 11:06 a.m., lisa.seeman wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >                 Hi Russell!
> > 
> >                 We are currently hoping to use BCI numbers as
> >                 references options in our specification. See
> >                 #symbol-explanation
> >                 <https://w3c.github.io/personalization-semantics/content/#symbol-explanation>
> >                 Is there any copy-write involved? What licence would
> >                 that be under and is there a web link to it?
> > 
> >                 Also do you know if any symbol sets have ISO codes?
> > 
> >                 All the best
> > 
> >                 Lisa Seeman
> > 
> >                 LinkedIn <http://il.linkedin.com/in/lisaseeman/>,
> >                 Twitter <https://twitter.com/SeemanLisa>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 

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Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa

Received on Thursday, 22 August 2019 18:39:45 UTC