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 <strain...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Strainu
>
> P.S. I just hope that we're not pushing technical debt along with this
> project.
>
> În mie., 20 oct. 2021 la 17:26, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> a
> scris:
> >
> > 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 requirements that would require more money, more
> effort and more technical development work to address than was originally
> anticipated. As a result, moving to 4.0 is not something the Foundation can
> commit to doing right now.
> >
> > The question came up because the UN is apparently close to adopting CC
> 4.0 for its content.
> >
> > Andreas
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 9:01 AM Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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 these rights. As an example, this means facts you contribute to the
> projects may be reused freely without attribution.
> >>
> >> For further background see
> >>
> >>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Creative_Commons_4.0/Legal_note#Waiving_database_rights
> >>
> >> Andreas
> >>
> >> On Thursday, September 30, 2021, Strainu <strain...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Isaac,
> >>>
> >>> See
> https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Creative_Commons_4.0
> >>>
> >>> Strainu
> >>>
> >>> Pe joi, 30 septembrie 2021, Isaac Olatunde <reachout2is...@gmail.com>
> 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
> people on this list have a clear understanding of what was discussed?
> >>> > Best regards
> >>> > Isaac
> >>> > On Wed, 29 Sep 2021, 23:22 Strainu, <strain...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Hi,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> A few years ago there was a public consultation on moving the
> Wikimedia license to cc-by-sa-4.0 instead of 3.0. Now, obviously that never
> happened but I couldn't find the decision documented anywhere. Why was the
> proposal scrapped? Are there any plans to revisit this?
> >>> >>
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