perola.rike
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Maybe this forum not the appropriate place to post this (?), but I have not found any other websites raising the issue.
My question is about to which extent does the copyright of questionnaires extend to a simple unofficial Excel scoring calculator?
The thing is, I work as a neuropsychologist where I daily score questionnaires from patients. In order to automatize my work, I have created many timesaving Excel scoring solutions of many questionnaires. The questionnaires are copyrighted.
My question is: If I make a simple scoring calculator in Excel, is it OK to distribute it to other users/colleagues?
One example is the MoCA test, it contains 12 items that are simply summed to a total score. My Excel application only permits the user to enter the raw score for each item, then a total score is displayed. See example below (in Norwegian).
The owner of the test claims this calculator is violation of copyright. I have not reproduced the test/items, only inluded the names of the items, and made this simple sum-formula.
Any comments on this? Or any tips where to find any literature regarding this specific topic?
If copyright extends this far, I assume that automatization of any questionnaires are prohibited, which realy is devastating because it is so time cosuming making such calculators (that for many questionnaires are not available).
MoCA (test-items to the left)
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My question is about to which extent does the copyright of questionnaires extend to a simple unofficial Excel scoring calculator?
The thing is, I work as a neuropsychologist where I daily score questionnaires from patients. In order to automatize my work, I have created many timesaving Excel scoring solutions of many questionnaires. The questionnaires are copyrighted.
My question is: If I make a simple scoring calculator in Excel, is it OK to distribute it to other users/colleagues?
One example is the MoCA test, it contains 12 items that are simply summed to a total score. My Excel application only permits the user to enter the raw score for each item, then a total score is displayed. See example below (in Norwegian).
The owner of the test claims this calculator is violation of copyright. I have not reproduced the test/items, only inluded the names of the items, and made this simple sum-formula.
Any comments on this? Or any tips where to find any literature regarding this specific topic?
If copyright extends this far, I assume that automatization of any questionnaires are prohibited, which realy is devastating because it is so time cosuming making such calculators (that for many questionnaires are not available).
MoCA (test-items to the left)
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