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RE: RDDL: Can we add a "copyright" version

• To: 'Eric van der Vlist' <vdv@d...>, xml-dev@l...
• Subject: RE: RDDL: Can we add a "copyright" version
• From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
• Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:17:15 -0600

I don't follow probably because I don't 
know what is meant by a "RDDL directory".

Is the "RDDL directory" a RDDL document or 
the RDDL design?  IOW, are you asserting 
claims to *a* RDDL page or to *the* RDDL 
language design?

I think you mean asserting rights for a 
RDDL page and the assets it points to. 
So, if the RDDL page is pointing to 
some set of resources, are you licensing these?

I don't think that works.  Following a link 
does not obligate.  That is a tenet of the 
web architecture.

Or you are licensing the page and the 
rights to use it.

It seems you are working on a digital 
rights management function for using 
RDDL documents or the resources indicated 
by the RDDL document.

len


From: Eric van der Vlist [mailto:vdv@d...]

On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 18:19, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> What entity issues the license or asserts the copyright?  

The author of the RDDL directory.

> The W3C? 

If they are the author, yes. If not they are not involved in the process
at all!

> If so, the copyright is likely better.  I don't think the W3C is 
> in the business of licensing or collecting revenues for royalty-free 
> specifications and standards.  I also think one would copyright 
> the documents even if one issues a license for the IP claimed within.
> 
> Eric, what do you want to protect or manage with this IP claim?

I just want to provide links to documents (XHTML or RDF or whatever its
nature is) describing the licence under which the RDDL directory may be
used. 

Eric
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