Hello everybody, I just realised that in a package that I maintain, emboss, the file ‘test/data/uniprotft.sw’ has a non-free license:
Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see http://www.uniprot.org/terms Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License However, the page at the URL above points at Creative Commons' FAQ about databases, which suggests that the file's contents are actually not copyrightable. http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/databases/ http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/databases/#dbcopyright Here are extracts of the file: ID ANXA5_HUMAN Reviewed; 320 AA. AC P08758; Q6FI16; Q8WV69; DT 01-NOV-1988, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 23-JAN-2007, sequence version 2. DT 10-FEB-2009, entry version 116. DE RecName: Full=Annexin A5; DE AltName: Full=Annexin-5; DE AltName: Full=Annexin V; DE AltName: Full=Lipocortin V; DE AltName: Full=Endonexin II; DE AltName: Full=Calphobindin I; DE Short=CBP-I; DE AltName: Full=Placental anticoagulant protein I; DE Short=PAP-I; DE AltName: Full=Placental anticoagulant protein 4; DE Short=PP4; DE AltName: Full=Thromboplastin inhibitor; DE AltName: Full=Vascular anticoagulant-alpha; DE Short=VAC-alpha; DE AltName: Full=Anchorin CII; GN Name=ANXA5; Synonyms=ANX5, ENX2, PP4; OS Homo sapiens (Human). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; OC Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; OC Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo. OX NCBI_TaxID=9606; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. RX MEDLINE=88163463; PubMed=2964863; DOI=10.1021/bi00399a011; RA Funakoshi T., Hendrickson L.E., McMullen B.A., Fujikawa K.; RT "Primary structure of human placental anticoagulant protein."; RL Biochemistry 26:8087-8092(1987). … RP X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (2.3 ANGSTROMS). RX MEDLINE=98118533; PubMed=9435213; DOI=10.1073/pnas.95.2.455; RA Budisa N., Minks C., Medrano F.J., Lutz J., Huber R., Moroder L.; RT "Residue-specific bioincorporation of non-natural, biologically active RT amino acids into proteins as possible drug carriers: structure and RT stability of the per-thiaproline mutant of annexin V."; RL Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95:455-459(1998). CC -!- FUNCTION: This protein is an anticoagulant protein that acts as an CC indirect inhibitor of the thromboplastin-specific complex, which CC is involved in the blood coagulation cascade. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Monomer. Binds ATRX and EIF5B (By similarity). CC -!- INTERACTION: CC P70489:Abp10 (xeno); NbExp=1; IntAct=EBI-296601, EBI-78367; CC P70486:Atrx (xeno); NbExp=1; IntAct=EBI-296601, EBI-78333; CC Q9Z330:Dnmt1 (xeno); NbExp=1; IntAct=EBI-296601, EBI-78342; CC P70488:Eif5b (xeno); NbExp=1; IntAct=EBI-296601, EBI-78359; CC -!- DOMAIN: A pair of annexin repeats may form one binding site for CC calcium and phospholipid. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the annexin family. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Contains 4 annexin repeats. CC -!- CAUTION: This protein has been independently sequenced by at least CC seven groups under different names. CC -!- CAUTION: Ref.9 sequence was thought to originate from mouse. CC -!- WEB RESOURCE: Name=R&D Systems' cytokine source book: Annexin V; CC URL="http://www.rndsystems.com/molecule_detail.aspx?m=1063";; CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see http://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; M18366; AAA35570.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; D00172; BAA00122.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; X12454; CAA30985.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; J03745; AAA52386.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; M21731; AAA36166.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; M19384; AAB59545.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; U01691; AAB40047.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; U01681; AAB40047.1; JOINED; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; U01682; AAB40047.1; JOINED; Genomic_DNA. … FT HELIX 221 224 FT TURN 227 229 FT HELIX 232 245 FT HELIX 247 257 FT STRAND 260 263 FT HELIX 266 275 FT TURN 276 280 FT HELIX 281 292 FT HELIX 296 303 FT HELIX 306 316 SQ SEQUENCE 320 AA; 35937 MW; 45E14E3964BA4D1A CRC64; MAQVLRGTVT DFPGFDERAD AETLRKAMKG LGTDEESILT LLTSRSNAQR QEISAAFKTL FGRDLLDDLK SELTGKFEKL IVALMKPSRL YDAYELKHAL KGAGTNEKVL TEIIASRTPE ELRAIKQVYE EEYGSSLEDD VVGDTSGYYQ RMLVVLLQAN RDPDAGIDEA QVEQDAQALF QAGELKWGTD EEKFITIFGT RSVSHLRKVF DKYMTISGFQ IEETIDRETS GNLEQLLLAV VKSIRSIPAY LAETLYYAMK GAGTDDHTLI RVMVSRSEID LFNIRKEFRK NFATSLYSMI KGDTSGDYKK ALLLLCGEDD // ID CSF3_HUMAN Reviewed; 207 AA. AC P09919; DT 01-JUL-1989, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-JUL-1989, sequence version 1. DT 10-FEB-2009, entry version 109. DE RecName: Full=Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; DE Short=G-CSF; DE AltName: Full=Pluripoietin; DE AltName: INN=Filgrastim; DE AltName: INN=Lenograstim; DE Flags: Precursor; GN Name=CSF3; Synonyms=GCSF; OS Homo sapiens (Human). Point (iv) of CC's FAQ notes that: “The data: – whether the data itself is copyrightable, depends on what it is. To the extent it consists of factual information, it will not be copyrightable. For example, the contents of NCBI’s Entrez Gene database include gene names, descriptions, pathways, protein products, and other facts. However, to the extent the data is creative and expressive works, such as papers or photographs, then the database content itself is likely to be protected by copyright. Even if copyright protection extends to a paper or photograph contained in a database, that copyright will not extend to the information and ideas expressed in these materials.” To me, the contents of the records above look factual. Can I conclude that, being non-copyrightable, the file is not non-free despite its license statement ? Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Debian Med packaging team, http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
