Wikidata's CC0 licence and database rights are the reason why there was a
proposed amendment[1] to the WMF Terms of Use that was supposed to
accompany any upgrade to 4.0. This included the words:
Where you own Sui Generis Database Rights covered by CC BY-SA 4.0, you
waive these rights. As an
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 10:33 AM Luis Villa wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 10:03 AM Todd Allen wrote:
>
>> Certainly, any "database rights" should already be considered waived by
>> the CC license ...
>>
>
> No.
>
> All from CC BY-SA 4.0:
>
> 1.d:* "Copyright and Similar Rights* means
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 10:03 AM Todd Allen wrote:
> Certainly, any "database rights" should already be considered waived by
> the CC license ...
>
No.
All from CC BY-SA 4.0:
1.d:* "Copyright and Similar Rights* means copyright and/or similar rights
closely related to copyright including ...
Certainly, any "database rights" should already be considered waived by the
CC license, so I fail to see the problem here.
Todd
On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 9:12 AM Strainu wrote:
> Thank you Andreas, that was exactly what I was looking for. Everybody
> seems to agree there is more and more CC4
Thank you Andreas, that was exactly what I was looking for. Everybody
seems to agree there is more and more CC4 content out there, but
apparently not enough to justify the investment. Hopefully the
foundation will be able to provide more details and maybe a roadmap
for the following fiscal year.
The question about CC 4.0 was just answered in the "Conversation with the
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees". This link will take you to the
right place:
https://youtu.be/Zpof5J6jjZ4?t=3738
Database rights were mentioned in the answers, along with challenging,
unforeseen technical
See also
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Creative_Commons_4.0/Diff
The proposed waiver of database rights that was to accompany the move from
3.0 to 4.0 was one of the sticking points, I believe. To quote:
Where you own Sui Generis Database Rights covered by CC BY-SA 4.0, you
waive
Hi Isaac,
See https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Creative_Commons_4.0
Strainu
Pe joi, 30 septembrie 2021, Isaac Olatunde a
scris:
> Hi Strainu,
> I can't find the previous discussions.Could you please provide a link to
the public consultations (or proposal) you mentioned to allow
Hi Strainu,
I can't find the previous discussions.Could you please provide a link to
the public consultations (or proposal) you mentioned to allow people on
this list have a clear understanding of what was discussed?
Best regards
Isaac
On Wed, 29 Sep 2021, 23:22 Strainu, wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A
