On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 11:47:22 +0100 Mateusz Konieczny <[email protected]> wrote:
> tl;dr > > It may be not OK to import data from Wikidata despite that this > database is CC0 (adding wikipedia/wikidata tags is still OK, but this > connection is mostly useless for adding data into OSM). > > It may be necessary to revert some imports of data from Wikidata > > ---- > > Note: it is likely that some of what I write below is > misunderstanding, I am not a lawyer. I would be happy to discover > that I am wrong and that Wikidata is usable for us. > > In UK and EU putting effort into compiling a database grants a > property right called sui generis database right (very similar to > copyright). Not an issue. The CC0 license explicitly calls out database rights as being released to the greatest extent possible. From the text of the license (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode) > 1. Copyright and Related Rights include, but are not limited to, the > following: > vi. database rights (such as those arising under Directive 96/9/EC of > the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the > legal protection of databases, and under any national implementation > thereof, including any amended or successor version of such > directive)... > 2. Waiver. To the greatest extent permitted by, but not in > contravention of, applicable law, Affirmer hereby overtly, fully, > permanently, irrevocably and unconditionally waives, abandons, and > surrenders all of Affirmer's Copyright and Related Rights... -- Mark _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
