[Scuola] Conclusione di: Scratch e assegnazione copyright

[Max Murdock]

On 13 July 2011 20:00, M. Fioretti <mfioretti@nexaima.net> wrote:
> Copio e incollo quanto appena ricevuto dal team di Scratch quando gli
> ho chiesto conferma di questa mia affermazione qui sopra:
>
>
> Here's some additional info from the lead programmer of Scratch...
>
> Hi, Amos.
>
> Here is my interpretation:
>
> The author of any modifications to Scratch owns the copyright to any
> new code that they write. The copyright for their code is NOT
> automatically assigned to MIT. MIT could not, for example, include
> their changes in a Scratch release without their permission. However,
> under the "share alike" clause in the Scratch license, they must share
> the source code for their changes. "Share alike" clauses are quite
> common in open source licenses.
>
> A derivative work is bound by all the terms of the Scratch license,
> including the non-commercial clause, so creators of modified or
> extended versions of Scratch cannot sell their derivative works
> without permission. However, anyone who modifies Scratch is allowed to
> use and their distribute derivative work for free or use it in other
> ways.
>
> For example, the Open University created a modified version of Scratch
> that they hope will be used by over 10,000 students over the next five
> or six years. They are allowed to do that under the terms of the
> Scratch license.
>
> Note that the Scratch source license is irrelevant to people who
> merely wish to use Scratch (which includes most students and
> educators). The license for the "binary" Scratch packages does not
> even include a non-commercial clause, so people can, for example,
> distribute it in an educational package or package it with a book.
>
> I hope that helps clarify matters.

Ottima inziativa bravo Marco :)

Non posso non notare due cose: una la differenza che viene
sottolineata tra compilato e sorgente, l'altra è che viene
esplicitamente detto "sell" come uso commerciale.
Non c'è scritto che l'uso commerciale va inteso esclusivamente come
vendita, ma a fronte di quanto leggo io continuo a pensare sempre di
più che l'uso commerciale non vada inteso allargato dovunque ci sia
del denaro di mezzo.

cYa
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