The issue, in a nutshell, is that the Olsen database took facts from a book, transformed them in format and placed them into electronic form. The reaction likely is one of an abundance of caution: STFU and stop if you are sued.
The merits of the case seem weak to me, since database do not have copyright protection. Facts cannot be copyrighted any more than a telephone book. There must be creative content to convey copyright. But I'm no lawyer. Warner On Oct 6, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Greg Hennessy wrote: > Apparently being the subject of a lawsuit makes one loath to > distribute a database. > > http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/06/1743226/civil-suit-filed-involving-the-time-zone-database > > _______________________________________________ > LEAPSECS mailing list > LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs > > _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
