[talk-au] Database licence

[Grant Slater]

2009/12/5 Liz <edodd at billiau.net>:
> Sadly, I'd like to say that I will not be supporting the proposed new licence.
> It is designed around European law, and gives "database protection" which is
> not a legal concept which is likely to apply here, after the recent High Court
> case Nine vs IceTv, when the database was not afforded "protection".
>

The ODbL does not require European Database Directive protection.

Section 2 of the license defines the 3 pillars used; Copyright, EU
Database Directive and Contract Law.
http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/

/ Grant