Paul, Yes, I suspect you are technically right. My feelings on the matter as they have always been. It would be good for the country as a whole for this data to be public, rather than being charged for. I have never heard a rational argument for data that is about the public domain not being in it.
2009/9/17 Paul Webster <[email protected]> > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:26:55 +0100, you wrote: > > >2009/9/16 Stephen Jolly <[email protected]> > > > >> > >> On 16 Sep 2009, at 18:53, Tim Dobson wrote: > >> > >>> What do people think? > >>> > >> > >> Reminds me of when some of the Windows 2000 code was leaked - if > anything > >> the leak was worse than useless, since the open-source projects that > could > >> have benefited from it obviously couldn't look at it without becoming > >> copyright infringers, and the people behind legitimate > reverse-engineering > >> efforts always had to be looking out for suspicious contributions from > >> well-meaning idiots. > >> > > > >It's nothing like that. Source code is source code, you can reverse > >engineer it. This file is a CSV file, with a helpful first row of column > >names. > > > Just because this is a zipped up csv file rather than a "database" does not > seem to exempt it from "Database Right" > http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1997/19973032.htm > Where a database is defined as: > " Databases > 3A. - (1) In this Part "database" means a collection of independent > works, data or other materials which - > > (a) are arranged in a systematic or methodical way, and > > (b) are individually accessible by electronic or other means. > > (2) For the purposes of this Part a literary work consisting of a > database is original if, and only if, by reason of > the selection or arrangement of the contents of the database the database > constitutes the author's own intellectual > creation.". > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_right > > -- > Rgds > Paul Webster > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
