Jukka,
Jukka Rahkonen wrote:
And of course we are using the same rules for taking and giving, or? Same
amounts of data we consider non-copyrightable and keep therefore in the database
can be taken out from the new ODbl-OSM database as if they were PD? And even
store masses of separate extracts into one database because that's what we would
do ourselves?
I'm not sure I quite understand.
Our new license does have a provision that allows using non-substantial
extracts without regard to the license. This can be viewed as similar to
what I described above, although there is a big difference. If one
million users each make a non-copyrightable contribution to OSM under
CC-BY-SA then I can take those one million contributions and use them in
any way I want because if they are not copyrightable then CC-BY-SA
doesn't have any effect. However if I put those same one million
contributions into a database protected by ODbL, then they are likely to
form a "substantial" extract and thus they cannot be extracted outside
of ODbL terms. (On the other hand, it is well possible that there is an
individual contribution which is copyrightable but still doesn't form a
"substantial" extract.)
ODbL's concept "if you take a lot of insubstantial extracts and combine
them then they again form a substantial extract" does not apply to
copyright of individual contributions made under CC-BY-SA - if you take
lots of non-copyrighted bits submitted by various users and combine them
then they don't suddenly become copyrighted - or maybe they do, but then
it's your copyright and not that of the original contributors (think of
tearing a magazine to shreds and then gluing together a nice picture
from the coloured pieces of paper).
Bye
Frederik
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