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No excuses necessary, I should have known that you and Len had just got started rolling(been there myself). > -----Original Message----- > From: Dimitris Dimitriadis [mailto:dimitris.dimitriadis@i...] > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 1:47 PM > To: 'Jeff Lowery'; Xml-Dev (E-mail) > Subject: SV: Copyrighting schemas -- derivation > > > Excuses are due since I was primarily responsible for the avalanche. > > /Dimitris > > > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: Jeff Lowery [mailto:jlowery@s...] > Skickat: den 1 juni 2001 22:15 > Till: Xml-Dev (E-mail) > Ämne: Copyrighting schemas -- derivation > > > Since my last post got buried in an avalanche, I'm > resubmitting under a new > topic heading in hopes someone will see it and respond. > Please excuse the > repetition. > > Mundane, to-the-point answers are appreciated, such as 'yes' > or 'no'. (Yes, > I realize which list I am posting too.) > > > Can I ask a more basic question here? > > > > If I import a copyrighted schema, am I violating copyright? > > I'm not actually > > duplicating the schema, so I can't see as I am. > > > > If it's a simple type: > > > > What if I restrict one of the facets of the simple types of > > that schema? I'm > > not really copying anything, just restricting facets that > > may or may not > > already be restricted in the (copyrighted) base type. Is the > > new type my > > own? Can I copyright my restricted simple type? > > > > If it's a complex type: > > > > 1) If I extend it, I'm only referencing he copyrighted > > original as a base, > > and adding some new attributes and element definitions to it. > > Is the new > > type my own? Can I copyright my extended type? > > > > 2) Ah, this is where it gets tricky: to restrict a complex > > type, I have to > > reiterate all it's declarations, i.e., *copy* them. So it > > seems like I would > > be in trouble restricting a copyrighted complex base type, > > since I can't do > > it without copy large parts of the base type. > > > > Bring in the XML Schema attorneys, I need a lawyer. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@s...] > > > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 4:14 AM > > > To: Henry S. Thompson > > > Cc: xml-dev@l... > > > Subject: Re: Copyrighting schemas, Hailstorm > > > > > > > > > On 01 Jun 2001 15:54:13 +0100, Henry S. Thompson wrote: > > > > Shirky's worry doesn't fit with my understanding of > copyright. A > > > > copyright is not a patent. A work must clearly be > derived _in its > > > > expression_, not its substance, from the original, to be an > > > infringing > > > > derivative. Otherwise for example no songs about, well, almost > > > > anything, would be publishable. > > > > > > I guess my concern is whether the courts would interpret it > > > that way, or > > > whether they would find that a compatible but > > not-created-by-Microsoft > > > schema was a derived work. I can see that going either > > way, and with > > > current trends in copyright, I don't feel much certainty. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS > > > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > > > > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word > > > "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l... > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS > > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word > > "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l... > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word > "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l... >
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