Re: Question about schema.org in a triple store?

On 7/16/14 8:15 AM, martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org wrote:
> That is understood, but the key issue for some adopters seems to be
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> 	• ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
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> If you develop a commercial product or specificiation that builds upon schema.org, thus binds you to release the result under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, too.
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> The question is what "remix, transform, or build upon the material" means. For instance, if you add schema.org markup to your HTML, does that mean that your whole HTML page must be released the under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license?
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> There are potential implications that are problematic for adopters of schema.org.
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> This is why GoodRelations uses the broader Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which just requires attribution.

+1

Ultimately, this issue always come back to the same issue of Attribution.

You shouldn't reuse the creative works of others without attribution, 
bottom line.

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Received on Wednesday, 16 July 2014 13:07:13 UTC