- From: Ian Davis <lists@iandavis.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:37:10 +0100
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: public-lod@w3.org
Received on Tuesday, 23 June 2009 22:37:45 UTC
> > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>wrote: > >> >> Using licensing to ensure the data providers URIs are always preserved >> delivers low cost and implicit attribution. This is what I believe CC-BY-SA >> delivers. There is nothing wrong with granular attribution if compliance is >> low cost. Personally, I think we are on the verge of an "Attribution >> Economy", and said economy will encourage contributions from a plethora of >> high quality data providers (esp. from the tradition media realm). > > Regardless of any attribution economy, CC-BY-SA is basically unenforceable for data so is not appropriate. You can't copyright the diameter of the moon. Ian
Received on Tuesday, 23 June 2009 22:37:45 UTC