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Subject: Fwd: [staff-bizdev] Fwd: [tab-askthetab] EU Copyright Law & Upload filters
(Probably off-topic, but I couldn't resist commenting)
The blog post makes some valid points. Every programmer uses
code snippets from Stackexchange and similar sites all the time.
But there are cases of open source projects copying/taking over
entire modules without permission or proper attribution. It would
actually not be bad if Github checked against this. The blog post
does not provide evidence that "automated
filtering of code would make software less reliable and more
expensive". Many code snippers on Stackexchange
(worryingly, including ones on security) are actually wrong, so
any encouragement of users to actually spend some time to review
what they are copy-pasting could actually be useful.
Tracking reuse of software is actually a lot easier than other
data types, as code is just text. It can use the same decades old
techniques that are used in anti-plagiarism software that teachers
use nowadays to check their students are not just copying their
papers from web sites. Github, with all its engineering talent,
should have no problem developing/ integrating this technology in
its platform.
Interesting catch from Dave Lemire of the OpenC2 TC.
This is a blog post from github alerting their community to the EU proposal to modify their copyright directive that could require code sharing sites to monitor uploads for potential copyright violations.
I'll see what the TAB thinks about it. But I also thought it was worth sharing with you all.
/chet
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From: Dave Lemire <dave.lemire@g2-inc.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 8:40 AM
Subject: [tab-askthetab] EU Copyright Law & Upload filters
To: tab-askthetab@lists.oasis-open.org
I've little doubt I'm one of dozens of voices, but the TAB seemed like the right place in OASIS to ensure this information was noticed.
DaveDavid P. Lemire, CISSP
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/chet
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