[OSM-talk] Frederik declares war on data imports...

[Anthony]

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anthony wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Matt Amos <zerebubuth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> OSMF is not moving to "a PD license disguised as BY-SA"
>>
>> Then why don't they ever talk about the fact that the contents are
>> going to be released under DbCL?
>
> Because it is irrelevant given that the Database as a whole is protected,
> rather than the individual pieces it contains which, as you correctly state,
> are largely unprotectable anway?

Perhaps you can clarify what it means for the Database as a whole to
be protected, but the individual pieces not to be.  Specifically, what
does that mean in a jurisdiction which does not recognize database
rights.  What does the DbCL permit people to do which would not be
permitted in its absense?  What's the point of it?