On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:03:05 +0530 Shriramana Sharma wrote: [...] > It's a program related to astronomy that requires latitude, longitude > and elevation of places to calculate sunrise, sunset etc. For that I > found the database from geonames.org. This database has a certain > internal format which the program will be hard-coded to utilize.
What does the database include which is actually covered by copyright? It is my understanding (or hope?) that one cannot claim copyright over factual data, like latitudes, longitudes and elevations of places... In some (European?) jurisdictions, there are laws defining exclusive rights over databases, but I'm not familiar with the way these "database protection" laws interact with copyright licenses (such as CC-by-v3.0). Can anyone more knowledgeable than me on these topics shed some light, please? The main question is: do I really need a copyright license to use, modify and/or redistribute such a (published) database? -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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