[okfn-discuss] freebase: another new open knowledge/open data service

[rob at robmyers.org]

Quoting Francis Irving <francis at flourish.org>:

> Regarding licensing, I don't know anything about law, but perhaps as
> well as the Copy Right it is possible to license out the Database
> Right :)

The Talis licence is a DB right copyleft license, for example. But the 
DB right
only applies in the EU, so it is not useful for global projects. And I
personally think that it's not a "right" that we should have in the EU, never
mind be trying to use anywhere else. :-)

- Rob.