On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 01:18:50PM +0100, Nigel Wetters wrote: > I could dispense with the database if I created a second (non-distributed) > program that used the database to build the distributed program. Does the > distributed program still need to carry the liceses for the original data??
I don't understand what you're suggesting here - are you saying that by writing a second program which produces the first, you somehow get around the copyright of the data? Unlikely. 'Specially in the UK, we have the concept of the copyright of a database. I would take a look at the Unicode and GNU miscutils discussion I pointed you at; it sounds like that might be a solution, but you probably need to check with an actual lawyer. debian-legal is again the place to raise this. Cheers, Alex.
