[OSM-talk] Using Wikipedia to add names in other languages

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 5. May 2018, at 14:28, Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at tutanota.com> wrote:
> 
> (and no, Wikidata is not better - it includes data from Wikipedia and entire
> databases protected by sui generis database right so it is even worse as far as
> copyright goes)


I’ve read this several times now, but find it to be an over cautious interpretation of the situation. Wikidata is published in cc0, everyone contributing to it knows it. If some years ago wikimedia’s legal department has analyzed the situation and concluded that they could import facts from wikipedia into a cc0 db, why would we not trust them? Copyright doesn’t protect facts, ie ccbysa does so neither. Wikidata is containing only facts. WRT to database rights in the EU, I don’t think there can be a case between wikidata and wikipedia, and even if there was I am confident it would be settled.

Cheers,
Martin