Hi,
I've been thinking recently what could possibly make databases deserve
copyright, in replay to
the discussion about a GNU license for databases/dictionaries couple of moths
ago here in this mailing list,
(Here's a brief summary of it:
http://www.linuxfuture.org/archives/2007/02/entry_32.html)
So far, I concluded that since:
- Natural languages doesn't have a structured architecture (A bilingual
dictionary as a database)
- Databases sometimes need very sensitive design efforts
We can copyright these 'creative' activities:
* UML/ERD Design (Normalizing)
* Structuring something unstructured: Word definitions are not “Facts”,
it seems like the only example for such an activity is 'Dictionaries'
which seems in return; a good enough reason for copyrighting
databases.
Best regards
- Anas R.
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