Greg Stark st...@mit.edu writes:
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Merlin Moncure mmonc...@gmail.com wrote:
Facts are not subject to copyright but compilations can be.
I know it's popular for engineers to play lawyer and I've been guilty
of it on many an occasion. But in this case I think
On 10/07/2011 11:02 PM, Greg Stark wrote:
All that said I think this is far murkier than you all seem to think.
Copyright law is one of the most complex areas of the law and this is
one of the least well defined parts of copyright law.
Hi Greg:
I don't think we all think this issue is
On 10/05/2011 07:37 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
davegda...@sonic.net writes:
Postgresql 9.0.4 has the timezone:
America/Blanc-Sablon
However other sources seem to spell this with an underscore instead of dash:
America/Blanc_Sablon
I don't know what other sources you're consulting, but
Andrea Suisani wrote:
On 10/05/2011 07:37 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
davegda...@sonic.net writes:
Postgresql 9.0.4 has the timezone:
America/Blanc-Sablon
However other sources seem to spell this with an underscore instead of
dash:
America/Blanc_Sablon
I don't know what other
Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes:
Andrea Suisani wrote:
Speaking of Olson tz database, I've just stumbled across this post
and I thought it would be worthy to report it here:
http://blog.joda.org/2011/10/today-time-zone-database-was-closed.html
I suppose there is nothing stopping them
Tom Lane wrote:
Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes:
Andrea Suisani wrote:
Speaking of Olson tz database, I've just stumbled across this post
and I thought it would be worthy to report it here:
http://blog.joda.org/2011/10/today-time-zone-database-was-closed.html
I suppose there is
On 7 October 2011 21:27, Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us wrote:
Tom Lane wrote:
It seems pretty baseless to me: you can't copyright a collection of
facts. I think we should do nothing pending a court decision.
Agreed. I am just pointing out the possible exposure.
The one interesting case
On 7 October 2011 21:17, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote:
Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes:
Andrea Suisani wrote:
Speaking of Olson tz database, I've just stumbled across this post
and I thought it would be worthy to report it here:
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Peter Geoghegan pe...@2ndquadrant.com wrote:
On 7 October 2011 21:27, Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us wrote:
Tom Lane wrote:
It seems pretty baseless to me: you can't copyright a collection of
facts. I think we should do nothing pending a court decision.
My original read of the problem determined (for me personally) that the
only way one could be in violation of copyright was if the data was
incorrect (i.e. not factual). It presented an interesting contradiction.
The only way they could sue is by agreeing that their data is faulty and
should
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Mark Mielke m...@mark.mielke.cc wrote:
My original read of the problem determined (for me personally) that the only
way one could be in violation of copyright was if the data was incorrect
(i.e. not factual). It presented an interesting contradiction. The only
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Merlin Moncure mmonc...@gmail.com wrote:
On 7 October 2011 21:27, Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us wrote:
Tom Lane wrote:
It seems pretty baseless to me: you can't copyright a collection of
facts. I think we should do nothing pending a court decision.
The one
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Greg Stark st...@mit.edu wrote:
All that said I think this is far murkier than you all seem to think.
Copyright law is one of the most complex areas of the law and this is
one of the least well defined parts of copyright law.
imposing no natural restrictions
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