On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:55:40 +0200 Tobias Frost <t...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 03:32:54PM -0500, Richard Laager wrote: > > > >> Don't forget to mention the copyright information. > > > > > > In principle yes, but these data are not copyrightable as far as I know. > > > Nilesh has mentioned the origin of data in debian/tests/README to > > > provide a reference. If you consider this information not sufficient > > > please let us know a better way. > > Note, IANAL; > I don't know if DATA itself is copyrightable, however, the act of collecting > data can to my understanding constitute copyright. Nor am I, but I can assure you... it gets absurdly gray after data has been published. Many publications reference data from other existing publications. The assumption is generally- it's silly to re-create all the work all over again to investigate a new idea when other sources have already gone through the effort of producing that data. Copyright law is also kinda interesting in this regard; not just because of "fair use" laws, but also because because published scientific data is generally intended to be re-used and verified. Taking published data and sticking it into tests to ensure the same data results doesn't just verify published data was correct; it also provides potential new discoveries when the results no longer appear to be correct. Citations are typically expected, but so is data re-use. (citations -> d/copyright)
