Sunday, May 27, 2018

some IPR question on software licenses

A research project in the area of intellectual property requires software that certainly has a number of functionalities that are specific to other niche projects that the project owners envisage, such as, an atypical examination of how courts deal with copyright cases including staff training, lobbying and influence activities that they wish to study. The project team would require these functionalities for limited periods and not necessarily for long-term use.  They find that funding for such time-bound and specific projects, which are very useful, to be challenging.  Since the project is time-bound and would need further study there are limited time and financial resources.

 

The key legal characteristics of open source software may make it a model most suitable in this context. Which of the characteristics below are NOT suitable for such a project:

Select one:
a. The opportunity to freely modify and improve the software;
b. The use of the software for any purpose, subject to the authorization of its creator;
c. The lack of royalties;
d. The opportunity to redistribute the software and its modified version

OSS is mainly a technical development model supported by standard licenses, with projects hosted online.  Anyone can usually join and participate, either contributing code, documentating, offering graphics or financial support.  However, it is a "development" model, not a "commercialization" model. As a result FOSS has often been seen as having purely technical advantages but also drawbacks associated to immaturity, security breaches, and technical and legal complexity.

 

Which among the following technical characteristics may NOT be associated with free and open source software:

Select one:
a. Reliability, auditability, interoperability
b. Openness, accessibility, customizable
c. Enterprise-grade support, local sales channel, warranties
d. Open standards compatible, technology independence, security

Kerala International Centre for Free and Open Source Software

"Background:  Following the State Government approval by law on the setting up of The International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS), the institution will be set up at Thiruvananthapuram. In a Press Meet in December 2009, the Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri.V.S.Achuthanandan, who also holds the charge for IT Department said that the Centre has been planned as part of the Government's programme to promote free software in the State.

In this present era that has witnessed explosion of knowledge thanks to the Internet, it is important to democratise access to knowledge. The Nobel Prize winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz theorizes that disparity over access to information and knowledge is humanity's single most potent cause of poverty and discord. This challenge to democratise knowledge has in recent years, given birth to a radical paradigm called Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), as a powerful alternative to monopolistic approaches to knowledge creations. The Kerala Government has time and again affirmed its intention to foster the State as a global destination for FOSS based software and IT enabled services.

ICFOSS is expected to go a long way in making Kerala a global FOSS destination. Some of the areas that this institution proposes to take up includes developing and customising Open Source applications, FOSS localization to Indian languages and speech interfaces on FOSS for the illiterate.

Vision and Mission: The vision of ICFOSS is to become a leading research organisation in Free and Open Source model of knowledge development thereby contributing towards sustainable development of society and to stimulate economic development in the region. The mission of ICFOSS is to promote research and development in the area of Free and Open Source Software and the knowledge development model it puts forward.

 

The main objective of the ICFOSS is:

Select one:
a. developing and customising Open Source applications
b. to become a leading research organisation in Free and Open Source model of knowledge development
c. contributing to sustainable development of society and to stimulate economic development in the region
d. all of the above

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Roshan Agarwal
Chief Executive officer
Siddhast Ip innovation (P) ltd
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Jhansi-284002
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