On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM, SteveC <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You asked why it doesn't work, and there is a wealth of information on the >> list and the wiki... >> > > There are a lot of claims on the list and the wiki that CC-BY-SA "doesn't > work", but that doesn't make them true. > > The only plausibly credible claim as to why CC-BY-SA "doesn't work" is that > the database isn't copyrightable in the first place. But 1) that's not > strictly true, the database is copyrightable, to some extent, in some > jurisdictions. And 2) there's no harm in giving a license in a case where > the copyrightability of the work is unclear and/or disputed. >
Now, please accuse me of making a strawman argument. Because that's what you forced me into, by having me respond to "legal-talk ad nauseum", as opposed to your own well-reasoned argument.
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