From owner-mcg-talk@localhost Wed May 14 08:56:20 1997 Return-Path: owner-mcg-talk@novaware.cps.softex.br Received: (from majordom@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5/v3.2) id IAA04229 for mcg-talk-outgoing; Wed, 14 May 1997 08:56:20 -0300 Message-Id: <199705141156.IAA04229@localhost> Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 08:56:19 -0300 (EST) From: "416720" To: MCG Subject: copyright issues Sender: owner-mcg-talk@novaware.cps.softex.br Status: RO X-Status: List: Regarding the recent copyright issues debated in this list, I would like to explain the rules, some of them well-known: 1. All documents published by the MCG are copyrighted by the author, who grants permission to the MCG to publish such works. The acting of actually revising, changing, formating and publishing such work constitues a second copyright, this time by the MCG. 2. In the case of published papers, the author's permission is granted in writing, per each case. 3. In the case of published e-mails, the author's permission was implicitly obtained by the author's subscription to the mcg-talk, which states that any mail material is public and thus can be used or published. The author is, however, notified that the publication was effected and the author can add, change or delete his e-mail from the publication sector. 4. The specific "rights" described in (2) and (3) are granted even in the case of anonymous authors, because such authors are not anonymous to the Coordinator of the MCG -- Dr. E. Gerck. 5. In the case of excerpted material or material from third-parties (such as the report from D&T), the MCG, represented by the Coordinator, obtains a writen license from the original copyright owner and publishes the material according to the owner's instructions, keeping the copyright notice, plus any reviewer's rights, plus the MCG publishing copyright. 6. The general terms of the MCG copyright in published papers and e-mails is very simple: "All rights reserved, free copying and citation allowed with source and author reference." 7. In the case of the MC especification (MCAC, MCC and MC), the MC is copyrighted by Dr. E. Gerck as specified in the slide documents: "Contents Copyright E. Gerck, 1997. All rights reserved. Allowed copying and public distribution of the complete work only, with author and source citation." 8. No parts of the MCAC, MCC or MC work will be patented by Dr. E. Gerck, as publicly stated, even though it is maybe obvious that many parts could be patented in any country. 9. It is instructive to review the following statement which was published by the MCG in the Internet one month ago -- in the document mcg_what.htm in the MCG's H-P, and which has not been changed, will not be changed and which is a public commitment: "No parts of this general work will be patented, but published and shared under the common protection of the copyright law to avoid third-party patenting. Members of the MCG will profit by contributing towards a better and easier communications standard and by being at the forefront of said development. Applications will be independently developed by any individual or organization, not necessarily connected with the MCG." 10. It is not instructive to mix the present non-partisan, international and open work (that is, not patented on purpose, but copyrighted) with other attitudes. The question on other copyright issues of MCAC, MCC and MC will continue in a specific forthcoming mail. The information above, however, might be sufficient to shed some light on today's publication practices of the MCG and to explain that the stated rules are very open and flexible for private and personal use. Of course, commercial exploitation of this technology and information will be regulated by specific contract arrangements. I also would like to add that the MCG continues to request projects and enquiries on the commercial uses of this technology. Some projects are already being evaluated, as listed on the mcg_what.htm document in the MCG HP: "Presently, the entities that compose the MCG envision the following applications that will be marketed worldwide: the Meta-Certificate API, client and server, compiled in Java and in C Internet commerce, telecommunication services using the Internet, support for SSL, SET, etc., Internet routing in a three-tier architecture, etc. " This was a moth ago. Other two new proposals have been received. It is to everyone's benefit to have this technology freely available, as the international lingua-franca of Internet certification. Thus, proposals are welcome and I will lend my personal commitment to explain and cooperate with any third-party that has an accepted proposal. Yours, Ed Gerck ______________________________________________________________________ Dr.rer.nat. E. Gerck ed@gerck.com http://novaware.cps.softex.br P.O.Box 1201, CEP13001-970, Campinas-SP, Brazil - Fax: +55-19-2429533