做开源应知道的三个法律要点
权利:作者 詹毅,中国·上海 执业律师,华东政法大学兼职教授,微信ZhanyiAttorney,邮箱[email protected]。
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1代码“贡献”后仍然有版权
2 “贡献”前可以申请软件专利
3 做“贡献”应考虑平台协议
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[3]GNU GPL 3.0 0. Definitions. “The Program” refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this License. Each licensee is addressed as “you”. “Licensees” and “recipients” may be individuals or organizations. https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0,2019年10月29日最近一次访问。
[4]“辞海之家”【贡献】基本信息,http://www.cihai123.com/cidian/1097976.html,2019年10月29日访问。
[5]GNU GPL 3.0 A “contributor” is a copyright holder who authorizes use under this License of the Program or a work on which the Program is based. https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0,2019年10月29日访问。
[6]我国正式法律名称为《著作权法》,这里还应该包括《信息网络传播权保护条例》《计算机软件保护条例》。
[7]http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions-orders/08-1001.pdf,www.cafc.uscourts.gov/search/node/Jacobsen%20v.%20Katzer,2019年10月29日最近一次访问。
[8]https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2016cv06982/305835/32/0.pdf?ts=1493193904,评论可参考https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/motion-to-dismiss-denied-in-recent-gnu-gpl-case,2019年10月29日最近一次访问。
[9]我国2013年《计算机软件保护条例》第六条规定,本条例对软件著作权的保护不延及开发软件所用的思想、处理过程、操作方法或者数学概念等。
[10]该专利申请案例,详见《专利审查指南》第264~265页。
[11]为什么有些版权法不保护的“思想”,却可以作为技术方案受专利法保护呢?可以参考我在《网络空间安全法律法规解读》一书(高等学校网络空间安全专业“十三五”规划教材,2018年11月版)第149~第150页写的“计算机软件除了著作权保护,还能不能得到专利、商业秘密等类型的知识产权保护?”以及第154页写的“为什么条例不给予软件开发所使用的‘思想’‘操作方法’以著作权保护?”。
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[13]我认为,从中国《电子商务法》《信息网络传播权保护条例》等法律来分析,开源世界的平台并不是完全意义上的电子商务平台经营者或者信息存储空间提供者。因此,需要根据经营的具体情形来划定平台的权利与责任边界,无法笼统地进行简单判断。
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[16]“码云”网站https://gitee.com/terms显示奥思网络的经营地位于深圳市南山区粤海街道高新区,2019年10月29日最近一次访问。
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