- From: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:32:11 -0500
- To: Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>
- Cc: SPARQL Working Group <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
Quick answer, on my way to bed. Maybe this helps:
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2008/04-testsuite-copyright.html
-- Sandro
On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 22:12 +0000, Andy Seaborne wrote:
> Sandro (as W3C team),
>
> 1/ Copyright status
>
> I am trying to pin down the copyright status of our test materials. It
> is necessary for redistributing the test materials, and even just taking
> a copy into a publicly accessible source code repository.
>
> The license, and intent, is clear as is the requirement to display a
> NOTICE in or close to the material ([1] bullet 1).
>
> What I have failed to track down is a formal statement on the position
> on copyright. If a employee of company X, who is signed up to the WG,
> provides a test, is that test the property of W3C or company X? And,
> specifically, where is this stated?
>
> 2/ Copyright labelling
>
> Reading the Software Notice and License, I think we should be making a
> declaration in the test area, maybe the manifest as well. And maybe
> each file should include a copyright statement - what is normal (and
> correct) practice?
>
> Andy
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231
>
>
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