[okfn-discuss] [OKFN-EN] Software Sustainability Institute workshop on IP, copyright, licensing & commercialisation

Aaron Wolf wolftune at riseup.net
Mon Nov 24 16:08:26 UTC 2014


+1 Peter's call for truly Free/Libre/Open license. NC is non-Open by the
Open definition along with many others.

I encourage CC-BY-SA though, as I like copyleft to keep things
Free/Libre/Open for all. But either way. CC-BY is fine too.

On 11/24/2014 07:35 AM, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
> The NC clause is incompatible with ?all FLOSS licences (which are close
> to CC-BY), so it doesn't make much sense for SSI to adopt it.
> (Technically it could still apply to documents and tutorial). I'd urge
> them to change it to BY.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Sander van der Waal
> <sander.vanderwaal at okfn.org <mailto:sander.vanderwaal at okfn.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Iain,
> 
>     Thanks for sharing the announcement - it looks like an interesting
>     workshop on important topic.
> 
>     What I find a bit concerning is that I just noticed on the SSI's
>     website <http://www.software.ac.uk/> that the default licence is
>     Creative Commons Non-Commercial - ie. a non-open licence = not open
>     according to the Open Definition <http://opendefinition.org/>.
> 
>     It would be amazing if the SSI could adopt a truly open licence
>     <http://opendefinition.org/about/> like CC-BY or CC-BY-SA so
>     everyone could benefit from the work that is being shared and that
>     it will be easier to build freely on the SSI's work. Do you think it
>     would be possible to take that into consideration and change the
>     default licence? 
> 
>     Best, 
> 
>     Sander 
> 
>     On 24 November 2014 at 11:52, Iain Emsley <iainemsley at gmail.com
>     <mailto:iainemsley at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>         * Apologies for cross posting *
> 
>         Morning all,
> 
>         The Software Sustainability Institute is running a a one-day
>         workshop
>         for researchers on the subject of Intellectual Property (IP),
>         copyright, licensing and commercialisation. This will take place
>         on 11
>         December 2014 in Oxford. The event is free to attend (registration
>         required).
> 
>         http://bit.ly/ssi-ipclc
> 
>         Researchers often wonder, or simply don't know, about IP issues
>         related to their work. In particular those who work with
>         software and
>         data often have a host of questions, but lack the right people
>         to ask.
> 
>         The IPCLC workshop brings together researchers and other research
>         professionals and gets them up to speed on all aspects of IP. This
>         will provide researchers with the knowledge needed to make decisions
>         about the digital asset, and help them make contacts with the right
>         people if they want to ask for further advice.
> 
>         We have several key registrations from university staff with the
>         responsibility for IP and knowledge transfer at their institutions,
>         and we highly encourage more of these people to attend. Commercial
>         organisations who are interested in working with researchers on
>         start-ups will also be attending.
> 
>         Come to IPCLC and get your voice heard and your questions answered!
> 
>         For more information and registration please
>         visithttp://bit.ly/ssi-ipclc <http://bit.ly/ssi-ipclc>
> 
>         (Disclosure: I work part time for SSI)
> 
>         Thanks,
> 
>         Iain
> 
>         Iain Emsley
> 
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