Hi Craig, First of all, I am happy to hear you do not assert any rights on this data... this makes it public domain, not? But see below...
Copied two parts from your reply: On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Craig James <[email protected]> wrote: > In order to assert copyright, the collector has to transform the collection > in some useful way that adds creative content. The eMolecules collection has > no such creative transformation, it is merely a collection. (IANAL, check > with your own legal counsel if you need a legal opinion.) and > It was a lot of work to collect this data, and we spend a lot of time and > money keeping it very current. Doesn't the latter not include 'creativity' ? Seriously, I have no clue how creativity is defined legally, but looking at the music, movies, etc, around, is mostly is just money spend to make something, and shows little creativity, if any... practically, it seems to me 'creativity' == 'added value' == 'money spend to produce it'... I would even go as far as the conformers certainly being creative models, having little to do with natural facts... But, that said, you indicate to not assert no rights, which would put it, if I understood things correctly, in the public domain. Using a PDDL or CC0 license would simply make that statement more clear across the legal differences around the world regarding data. Thanx to your contribution of it to Public Domain! Egon -- Post-doc @ Uppsala University http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Blueobelisk-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/blueobelisk-discuss
