Re: [Wikidata] [Wikimedia-l] An answer to Lydia Pintscher regarding its considerations on Wikidata and CC-0

Thanks, Denny, and All, Glad Wikidata is CC-0 re Wikipedia's now 299 languages: "This is the list of the different language editions of *Wikipedia *; as of November 2017 there are 299 Wikipedias of which 288 are active and 11 are not." https://en.wikipedia

Re: [Wikidata] [Wikimedia-l] An answer to Lydia Pintscher regarding its considerations on Wikidata and CC-0

Scott, The NC license clause is problematic in a number of jurisdictions. For example, at least in Germany, as I remember from my law classes, it also would definitively include not-for-profits, NGOs, and even say bloggers, with or without ads on their sites. One must always be careful in the choi

Re: [Wikidata] [Wikimedia-l] An answer to Lydia Pintscher regarding its considerations on Wikidata and CC-0

Hi, Did not read your whole argument, but as a collection of brute facts, it is hard to see how the content of wikidata could be in something else than public domain. As a whole, the database could present a Sui generis database right (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sui_generis_database_right) , b

Re: [Wikidata] [Wikimedia-l] An answer to Lydia Pintscher regarding its considerations on Wikidata and CC-0

Hi Mathieu, I understand you care a lot about this topic and are posting about it in many places but I have a personal rule that a lot of the people in Wikidata know. I am willing to discuss and explain basically anything on a calm and rational basis. (And I did this on-wiki I believe.) The rule i