[pd-discuss] How to build a public domain calculator?

Thu Nov 19 13:32:10 UTC 2009

Hello Jonathan and all,

Jonathan: yes, the questionnaire available now on the google spreadsheet is indeed what we’ve been somewhat optimistically referring to as the “simple version”. Lucie and I did also prepare a slightly more detailed questionnaire as well, which I’ve attached to this email (I hope attachments work in these lists
?)Please feel free to place this online alongside the simple one if you think it is useful. As you can see, the differences are minimal. What we did basically is prepare the “complex” questions and then remove as much stuff as we thought it best so as to avoid overburdening prospective recipients lending us their expertise. In the event, that was not much, as the questions opened by a close inspection of the Term Directive are not easy or few!

Just to clarify: am I right that, as opposed to IViR questionnaire, the questions we are formulating on the spreadsheet for the experts intended to be based on the international situation and not the EU situation? The generic 'skeleton' public domain flow chart seems to be applicable to non-EU countries as well, right?

Best wishes,

Christina

-----Original Message-----
From: okfn.jonathan.gray at googlemail.com on behalf of Jonathan Gray
Sent: Wed 18/11/2009 18:01
To: pd-discuss at lists.okfn.org; Angelopoulos, C.J.
Subject: How to build a public domain calculator?

Hi all,

Christina Angelopoulos (at IViR) and I are going to be building on
work from the recent meeting [1] to make it easy for legal experts and
others to contribute towards a public domain calculator in their
country.

So far we've got the following questionnaire:

  http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dElKSXlyUkJ2UWRfN3RlNXJsQmQzU3c6MA

Which refers to a generic 'skeleton' public domain flow chart at:

  http://www.archive.org/download/public_domain_calculators/091111generic_copyright.pdf

Christina has also kindly donated us the following list of questions
(aimed at EU countries) asking about how the Term Directive has been
implemented:

  http://wiki.okfn.org/PublicDomainCalculators/Questions

Christina: I understand that these are the 'simple' questions, and
that you also had more complex questions? Should we also put these
online for reference purposes?

I guess the next step will be:

  1. To improve the Google Docs spreadsheet above in light of
Christina's questions and any other suggestions.
  2. To create a basic 'landing page' explaining the purpose, perhaps
at: http://wiki.okfn.org/PublicDomainCalculators/GettingStarted
  3. To circulate this to relevant parties, and to identify/contact
individuals and groups in as many jurisdictions as possible.

[1] http://blog.okfn.org/2009/11/17/documentation-from-the-public-domain-calculators-meeting/

-- 
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://www.okfn.org

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