[OSM-legal-talk] Share-data licence

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> Unlike in the EU:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_right
>
> Database rights lasts for 15 years under this regime, but can be  
> extended if the database is updated. Database right prevents  
> copying of substantial parts of a database (including frequent  
> extraction of insubstantial parts). However unlike copyright the  
> protection is not over the form of expression of information but of  
> the information itself.

If I understand the CC guys correctly, database right is explicitly  
NOT covered in the CC-BY-SA license, i.e. if you make a database  
available under CC-BY-SA, the user can still violate database right  
by using your data - the exception being CC-BY-SA Belgium and  
Netherlands. (From the link that Richard posted recently.)

Which, if true, means that

* anyone under European jurisdiction cannot copy "substantial parts"  
of our data without fear of legal troubles, even if he strictly  
adheres to CC-BY-SA;
* anyone not under European jurisdiction can take our data and do  
what he or she wants without fear of legal troubles, even if he or  
she completely disregards CC-BY-SA.

Which, if true, means that

* the effort we invest in collecting the data is potentially helping  
businesses everywhere except in  our home continent.

Which isn't too bad since our home continent has enough wealth already.

Still...

Bye
Frederik

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