Some of the reason for the difference between the two licenses is that there is a mix of sources in OL -- some has been contributed by users, some is public domain (at least in the US - and I refer to the Library of Congress data), and some is of unknown rights (contributions from a variety of libraries). So the CC0 can only be applied to those sources that have asserted CC0 - the rest gets that "fig leaf" (great term for it!).
kc On 8/1/13 8:37 AM, Tom Morris wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Daniel Chai <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > This isn't strictly a technical question, but does anyone know the > current > state of licensing for Open Library? In particular, it indicates that > information can only be used "for scholarship and research purposes > only." > That seems at odds with what's listed elsewhere. So what's accurate? Can > it be used beyond scholarship and research? > > > That's a little fig leaf that the Internet Archive uses to keep > themselves out of copyright trouble. > > The user editing form says that contributions must be CC0, but that's > not actually the license for the data. IA says that they assert no > rights, but you're on your own in figuring out what your rights are. > > Check the ol-discuss archives for Feb/Mar 2013 for more background > discussion. The users aren't happy about IA's position, but they don't > seem likely to change it. > > Tom > > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
