Copyright license. Need to know more.

[Farabi]

I want to know more about the copyright licence. What is my right and what is my obligation.

[P1]

Generally or Do you have something specific in mind ?

Also is an International question as well ?

Regards,  P1  :8)

[Farabi]

I want to know it generally. Yes it is, international standard copyright license. Like code snippet or algo design and many thing.

[hutch--]

You are on safe ground with any application you write but the rest are a lot harder to get going. For an algo design you probably need an international patent and code snippets by themselves are probably already covered by the processor manufacturer and the OS vendor.

[James Ladd]

Farabi,

Having been down the path of a software patent I can help you with this.
Copyright is such a local issue its best to find someone local to ask.

Rgs, Striker.

[JFG]

You need only get a local copyright.  Copyrights are recognized internationally - except in places like China and Latin America.  The Chinese don't give a bloody damn about intellectual property infringement except when it is done at the expense of their own wealthier companies.  As for Latin America, it's pretty much the same situation, except that local organized crime rings (a.k.a. the local authorities) get involved if you or the U.S. fed's pay them off.  If you are concerned though about algorithms of your own invention being used by others, don't bother with patents.  They are a waste of money.  Being that we're on the subject, I suppose I should mention that patents are valid only within the countries in which they are obtained.  For coverage in foreign countries, you have one year to patent your inventions in those foreign countries from the time that you get your first patent; otherwise, your invention in those countries becomes a freebee.  Besides that, software patents are not recognized in Europe because the EU counts software as mathematical formulas, which, like scientific principles, cannot be patented.  Either way, you should be aware that regardless of what anybody ever says about software patent protection and such, the truth is software patents are just a self-defeating expense, and as such are pure b.s. sucker holes.  The fatal flaw with all software patents is that anybody can legally prohibit their software from being reverse-engineered.  This makes it impossible even just to legally look to see if anybody is possibly infringining on your software patent without admitting it to people.  So unless some hypothetical WeazelSoft Corporation makes a confirmable statement incriminating them with infringing on your software patents, this WeazelSoft Corporation could be going every day to the U.S. Patents and Trademarks Office to copy and make use of ever last algorithm you ever patent, and there would be absolutely nothing you can do legally to check to see whether or not that is so, and much less to prove that such is the case.  Therefore, stay away from software patents.  Your only real legal protection of any sort comes from copyrights, and those only cover the exact specific material you provide with your copyright application, not any idea, design principle, or anything else of an abstract nature used there.  If you want to prevent others from copying your algorithms, the only thing you really can do to that end is keep them to yourself.