[odc-discuss] ODbL: Does publishing Produced Work from Derivative Database trigger Derivative Database ShareAlike?
Richard Weait
richard at weait.com
Tue Mar 3 16:09:00 UTC 2009
Hi all,
Please forgive my quote clipping. I'm looking for an answer that I did
not find. My summary below.
Jordan Hatcher wrote:
> Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> > Rufus Pollock wrote:
> > > Frederik Ramm Wrote:
> > > > I have always assumed that the idea behind the ODbL "Produced Work" was:
> > > > If you take an ODbL-licensed database, add some data to it, and then
> > > > make a "Produced Work" and publish that, then the share-alike clause
> > > > applies to the derived database that you have created in the process
> > > > (even if it was just a by-product that you did not originally want to
> > > > publish).
> > > >
> > > > Is that a correct interpretation?
> > > >
> > > > If so, I am currently struggling to find the right "thread" through the
> > > > license that describes the above.
> > >
> > > I don't think so. (Warning: I'm not a drafter of the license or a
> > > legal expert so I may be getting some of this wrong but ...).
> >
> > I agree (FWIW) that the licence does say that, but I'm rather
> > surprised that it does. It looks almost like an error that has cropped
> > up in the latest revision.
>
> The change from "Use" to "Convey" was relatively recent -- within the
> past few weeks -- and is something that went back to the pro bono
> lawyer for OSM.
Frederik: Does publishing Produced Work from Derivative Database trigger
Derivative Database ShareAlike?
Rufus: Not as I read it.
Richard F.: I thought that publishing Produced Work from Derivative
Database was supposed to trigger Derivative Database ShareAlike?
Jordan: I changed from "Use" to "Convey".
Richard W. (now): Does publishing Produced Work from Derivative
Database trigger Derivative Database ShareAlike?
Best regards,
Richard
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