Rob Thanks for that. That seems to indicate that my thinking was/is correct, i.e. that the Database Right would survive the use of CC-BY-SA or equivalent on individual pages.
Is there an NC version of ODC-BY under contemplation? Feargal Hogan > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob McKinnon [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 29 June 2010 13:58 > To: mySociety public,general purpose discussion list > Subject: Re: [mySociety:public] Legal question - CC vs Database Right > > Feargal, the newly released Open Data Commons - Attribution License > (ODC-BY) solves the issues you raised related to the European Database > Right: > http://www.opendatacommons.org/2010/06/24/open-data-commons-at tribution-license-released/ > > Rob > > On 29 June 2010 13:50, Feargal Hogan > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all > > > > Does anyone have any opinions or references for discussions > about the > > legal issues around open licensing and the Database Right. A > > suggestion that has been made to me that by releasing data > under, for > > example, CC-BY-SA, one wouldn't necessarily be abrogating > any rights > > under the European Database Right.] > > > > The thinking goes something like this: > > > > If the data was published in small enough chunks, e.g. > schools data as > > one page per school, with a CC-BY-SA byline, then the licence is > > applied only to each page as it is viewed. However the > Database Right > > in the collection of webpages would still remain, and would not be > > abrogated by the use of CC-BY-SA > > > > Anyone like to comment? > > > > Feargal Hogan > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list [email protected] > > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > > > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-p > > ublic > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/deve > lopers-public _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
