[Fsf-friends] Inclusion of CC Licenses in the Indian Jurisdiction

[Thejesh GN]

Few months back, I mailed most of them about the status of CC india. And I 
have put all the responses at one place
Check : http://www.techmag.biz/?q=node/81

 On 6/15/05, Ramanraj K <ramanraj.k@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> On 6/14/05, Toufeeq Hussain <toufeeqh@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My employer is interested in the usage of the Creative Commons License
> > for *some* Official documents.However on the CC homepage
> > [http://creativecommons.org] there is no jurisdiction available for 
> India.
> >
> > Is a jurisdiction planned for India, when will it be legally accepted
> > in India?
> >
> > Currently I have to choose "Generic" while selecting a CC based
> > License.Does this "Generic" jurisdiction hold true for India?
> >
> > Are any of the CC Licenses recognized by the Indian Penal Code and can
> > they be upheld as a valid document in an Indian court of Law.
> >
> > It would be of much help if someone can clear up my above mentioned 
> doubts.
> 
> Hi Toufeeq!
> 
> Lawrence Liang is the lead for CC in India, and I am forwarding this
> mail to him so that he may attend to your query. Meanwhile, afaik, it
> is best to choose a generic cc license, as the core ingredients of
> copyrights are governed by international treaties TRIPS and the Berne
> Convention and therefore there is much uniformity in most countries.
> And again, afaik, the non-generic parts of a copyright license such
> as those relating to "implied warranties", are not connected with
> copyrights, and including terms about it is needless and pointless.
> HTH.
> 
> Regards,
> Ramanraj.
> 
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