Hi,
On 20.01.2012 00:09, Frederik Ramm wrote:
And changing a way's references from ABC to ACB is not a modification at
all, because no reference is created and no reference is removed. We
cannot say that there was a modification in regard to any of the
references.
No, the (relative) place of the reference in the list of references also
counts. Changing the node list from 1,2,3 to 3,2,1 is a meaningful change.
The point is that changing the list is a modification to the node
*list*, not to a single reference. In other words, you can't actually
distinguish between individual nodes without looking at the list at the
same time.
... I know this is kind of a quibble, but I think it helps understand
the criteria for rebuilding measures.
So I think we can agree on this: A change to a way's node list is a
meaningful change and therefore modifications to it by non-agreers must
be rolled back.
Above all, we must not forget to consider whether the creation or
modification of a single reference, a single role - i.e. anything we say
to be atomic - can possibly constitute a creative work.
Some people have called for summarily force-relicensing the contribution
of anyone who has added less than a certain amount of data.
That's out of the question for me.
Problem is, we're starting to get into the database realm. If you take
the latest Harry Potter novel then no single word in it is
copyrightable. But the combination of a significant portion of words is.
Our fine-grained approach (i.e. "let's simply try not to use *any* word
from Harry Potter, that way we're sure that we won't infringe
copyright") might be erring on the side of caution, but I'd prefer that
over non-agreers raising a fuss after the license change because they
spot something in there that isn't clean.
I understand. I was not intending to reason like "a single reference is
not protectable, so the node list isn't either". Rather I'm trying to
consolidate a basis for argument - e.g., as I have pointed out above, I
prefer not to argue based on single references.
cheers
ant
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