- From: Damian Steer <d.steer@bristol.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:55:53 +0000
- To: Peter Ansell <ansell.peter@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-lod@w3.org
On 22 Nov 2008, at 22:06, Peter Ansell wrote: > > On the point of licensing... Why do more data sets not include > links to the > relevant copyright statements and/or licenses with cc:license [1] , > dc:license etc.? Creative commons often isn't appropriate in this area, since what we a talking about are collections of facts. The creative element is not in the content but the collection and arrangement of the facts, and the notion of 'ownership' is captured in database rights, rather than copyright. Happily Talis and others been looking at this area: <http://www.opendatacommons.org/> and particularly: <http://www.opendatacommons.org/odc-public-domain-dedication-and-licence/ > Damian
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