[od-discuss] Exploring licence compatibility

Wed Aug 14 18:18:24 UTC 2013

On 13/08/13 01:09 PM, Rob Myers wrote:
> On 13/08/13 12:39 PM, Mike Linksvayer wrote:
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't think latter is the case. It is improved
>> (especially, but orthogonally, in permitting circumvention when
>> possible), but if this is a compatibility barrier, it is still there.
>> Parallel distribution would've removed problem for ODbL, but so far
>> has again been not taken
> 
> Parallel distribution could still be a problem if we imagine a scenario
> in which a "flexible" DRM system allows derivatives to be created as
> long as they are kept under DRM control.

And I always forget that the ODbL applies to the database rather than
its contents. So in the case where the content is DRM and the database
is covered by a second layer of DRM applied by the licensor who can also
distribute it unencumbered, that's probably fine.

- Rob.