On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Matt Amos <zerebub...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Anthony <o...@inbox.org> wrote: > > Okay, so if company C makes derived database and gives it to company D, > then > > company D creates tiles with that database, company D has to offer the > > database to anyone who receives the tiles, right? > > yes, if D is a subcontractor of C. otherwise both C and D must offer it. > What constitutes being a subcontractor? Subcontractor as in "work for hire"? C has to offer it to whom? I thought C only has to offer the database to D. "You must also offer to recipients of the Derivative Database or Produced Work..." So, if Company C makes a derived database, and gives it to Company D, and Company D makes a Produced Work, and gives it to Company E, Company C has to offer Company E the Derivative Database? > Can users decline the offer, in which case I can delete the database? Can > I > > give users the option to download the database immediately or to decline > the > > offer, so I don't have to keep historical data around indefinitely? > > it's not necessary to keep historical data. and you don't have to keep > dumps around either. the offer is pretty much "if you contact me, i'll > give you my database as close as i can to the version you used". if > you practically can't keep the dumps, then that's not a problem. > > if you delete all records of the database, then your only options are > to recreate it, or reveal the method used to create it. > So, you kind of didn't answer my question. If I distribute a produced work, can I ask the recipient "Do you want the data?", and if they say no, then I never have to worry about them coming back and saying "okay, now I want the data"? I guess if I have to offer even downstream recipients the database, it doesn't much matter. That person might say they don't want the data, and then give the produced work to a friend, who then calls me on the phone and demands the data.
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