dustcomposer Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I'm not sure in which category this should be posted. Sorry if I've made mistake. This is important for me, I need information about web-based software/application law (e.g. copyright, license, privacy policy, etc.). Me and my team are building a web-based software/application. I can't inform the name or what it does, but the procedures similar to something like Noteflight. The main question is: what kind of copyright we should have for a web-based software/application? is it copyright for the software, the website or both? There should be a big difference between Noteflight and an online shop application, while they're both website and a software. I just don't know how to describe it. The other question is: how to describe the difference between a Website, a Software and web-based software? How these issues managed by US or other countries law? because in my place the law is still too blurred to my eye. Yet, we have many hackers and plagiarism around here. I know, I should ask someone at Noteflight first, but I wish I can get wider thoughts here. any help? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niche Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Those are questions for Lawyers. If you want to DIY. I'd start with: http://www.copyright.gov/ You need facts not opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustcomposer Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Thanks for the link, I can start from this : http://copyright.gov/circs/circ66.pdf, this really helpful. * the first question might for the lawyers indeed, I just thought that the definition should came from us, the one who do the coding. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 A website is a compilation of web pages that are linked together, they may be generated by software or not. A basic definition of "software" as it's used today is any set of instructions executed by a computer. Web-based software is software that runs on a web browser (client-side) or software that outputs content to a web browser (server-side). Copyright protection for websites and web applications depends on the uniqueness of the content. Sometimes it's obvious and sometimes it's not, in the latter case it would have to be disputed in court because nothing's black and white in the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustcomposer Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 So I thought. Probably it's better if we differ website and web-based software as: a website to view things and a website to work of something (e.g. calculating, drawing, email, online shop, etc.). If they need more details, we can also give them different advantages of languages such html, js, ajax, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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