Re: copy-write question

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
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> We would need the licence to be in a stable url to be able to use it 
> in our specification.
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> All the best
>
> Lisa Seeman
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> LinkedIn <http://il.linkedin.com/in/lisaseeman/>, Twitter 
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> ---- On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:19:32 +0300 *Russell 
> <russell@blissymbolics.org <mailto:russell@blissymbolics.org>>* wrote ----
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>     Hi Lisa,
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>     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.
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>     Russell
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>     On 2019-08-20 7:03 a.m., lisa.seeman wrote:
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>         Hi Russell
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>         Thanks for getting back to us so quickly.
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>         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.
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>         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?
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>         All the best
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>         Lisa Seeman
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>         LinkedIn <http://il.linkedin.com/in/lisaseeman/>, Twitter
>         <https://twitter.com/SeemanLisa>
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>         ---- On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:42:27 +0300 *Russell
>         <russell@blissymbolics.org>
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>             Hi Lisa,
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>             The licensing information can be found at:
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>             http://blissymbolics.org/index.php/licensing
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>             If you have any further questions about it, I am currently
>             the person to talk to. Attribution would be the only
>             requirement, I think.
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>             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.
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>             Russell
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>             On 2019-08-19 11:06 a.m., lisa.seeman wrote:
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>                 Hi Russell!
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>                 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?
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>                 Also do you know if any symbol sets have ISO codes?
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>                 All the best
>
>                 Lisa Seeman
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>                 LinkedIn <http://il.linkedin.com/in/lisaseeman/>,
>                 Twitter <https://twitter.com/SeemanLisa>
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