I think this is probably true. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Ray Saintonge <[email protected]> wrote:
> Chad wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:37 AM, Nikola Smolenski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Gerard Meijssen wrote: > >> > >>> That is a bit simplistic. It takes a huge effort to create dumps. The > dump > >>> > >>> of the English language Wikipedia is even notoriously difficult to > create. > >>> > >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweat_of_the_brow > >>> > >>> Huge effort is not copyrightable. > >>> > > I haven't seen anyone trying to lay claim to a copyright > > on the dumps. I would venture to say that it's merely a > > transformative work, as it doesn't do anything but > > collect them in a machine-readable format. The various > > dumps are designed to organize the information, not > > change them in any way. > > > While at first glance it might seem as though there was a compilation > copyright in the dumps the fact that they are generated by a mechanical > process would suggest that the lack the originality that is a > fundamental requirement for copyrightability. > > Ec > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- You have successfully failed! _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
