WOS4: The Creative Anti-Commons and the Poverty of Networks.
By Dmytri Kleiner
The Wizard of OS conference is currently underway in Berlin, as is to
be expected, the fourth edition of this biannual gathering of
proponents of free software, free culture and alternative economics has
brought
WOS4: The Creative Anti-Commons and the Poverty of Networks.
By Dmytri Kleiner
The Wizard of OS conference is currently underway in Berlin, as is to
be expected, the fourth edition of this biannual gathering of
proponents of free software, free culture and alternative economics has
brought
Hi All,
Don't you think that we need a special license for databases?
Here's the idea: http://www.linuxfuture.org/archives/2006/08/entry_29.html
Best regards,
- Anas R.
On 2006-09-16, Alfred M. Szmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A dictionary requires as much work as a phone book and isn't a very
creative process, now, an encyclopedia, that would be another subject.
The amount of work isn't important, it's about the creativity.
Writing all those definitions in the
Merijn de Weerd writes:
Making a list of words with definitions is a lot of work. So a
dictionary is certain protected by copyright.
Probably, but not because it is a lot of work. Work (sweat of the
brow) is irrelevant.
--
John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
A dictionary requires as much work as a phone book and isn't a
very creative process, now, an encyclopedia, that would be
another subject.
The amount of work isn't important, it's about the creativity.
I was responding to this part, where you imply that the amount of work
is what
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Alfred M. Szmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Writing all those definitions in the dictionary requires
creativity, so you get copyright on the dictionary.
It is about as creative as listing phone numbers and names
This is a very odd view. Have you ever tried
In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Alfred M. Szmidt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted:
A dictionary requires as much work as a phone book and isn't a
very creative process, now, an encyclopedia, that would be
another subject.
The amount of work isn't important,
