On 4 Feb 2008, at 22:23, Gervase Markham wrote: > SteveC wrote: >> It is early days in data licensing (as opposed to Free/Open software >> or creative work licensing). The OSMF feel that the ODL license is >> the >> way forward for our project and reject the Public Domain Dedication >> [http://www.opendatacommons.org/odc-public-domain-dedication-and-licence/ >> ] because it offers no 'viral' (share alike) protection to the data. > > Cards on the table: I entirely and wholeheartedly support this > principle. > > My question is this: if the database as a whole is covered by a SA > provision, but the individual facts are equivalent to PD, how can the > law prevent a nefarious person splitting the database into lots of > individual facts by e.g. putting each on a separate web page, then > trawling the pages to reassemble their own database of all the facts, > which they then own? It may have a different schema, but basically all > the data would be there.
It's called a database right in the EU, or a contract if you're a TeleTeq customer... :-) > > > Gerv > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk > have fun, SteveC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.asklater.com/steve/ _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk
