Don't disagree with anything you said there! But that said, HCN and Medtech might not...
Hugh > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Horst Herb > Sent: Monday, 23 October 2006 3:08 PM > To: General Practice Computing Group Talk > Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] SQL schema for billing > > On Monday 23 October 2006 14:24, Hugh Leslie wrote: > > Is there an issue of copyright here? I am not sure if HCN > or Medtech > > would be happy for their exact schema to be reused in any > other arena > > even if it is open source... Data is one thing - you own the data, > > but I think the exact schema will be copyright. > > Don't know about Medtech, but I don't think anybody would > *want* to reuse a HCN database schema inthe first place. > > I found it useful to export all Pracsoft data into a SQL > backend of my choice > (Postgres) because it was very easy from there to transform > it into a schema of my choice with simple SQL queries > > OTOH - copyrighting a database schema seems silly under most > circumstances too - just think of demographic data, not that > many different ways of doing it - a single copyright would > already prevent most competitors to implement a simple > address book. Where to draw the line? I have yet to see a > practoce software package with an outstandingly smart > database schema that would not have crossed the mind anybody > else thinking about implementing such. Would be like > copyrighting phrases when you wrote a book - pointless and harmful. > > Horst > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > __________ NOD32 1.1825 (20061022) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
