On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 11:45:05PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 04:16:36PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 08:24:57PM +0200, Mika Fischer wrote: > > > How far does one have to go in regard to data? A few examples. > > > > > > - Data published on the web: > > > http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/cat1.html lists stars with possible planets > > > around them. > > > Is one allowed to use this data in a program? > > > Basically for me this is just information and it doesn't make sense to > > > restrict that. > > > > In the U.S., mere facts are not subject to copyright protection, and > > there are no separate laws extending copyright-like protection to > > databases of facts. > > > > In many European jurisdictions, copyright-like protections to extend to > > databases of facts. > > I don't believe that database law applies here, due to the small size > of the data set.
It is not really the size of the data set that matters; the amount of work required to create the dataset is. -- Wouter Verhelst Debian GNU/Linux -- http://www.debian.org Nederlandstalige Linux-documentatie -- http://nl.linux.org "Stop breathing down my neck." "My breathing is merely a simulation." "So is my neck, stop it anyway!" -- Voyager's EMH versus the Prometheus' EMH, stardate 51462.
