[open-science] query regarding language in permission to mine - with clause

[Diane Cabell]

Apologies!  The relevant clause is:

"The [requirement of attribution] shall not apply to the products of text, data and other information mining processes where the Work or portions thereof that appear in the mined product are not identifiable by their original source."



On Jul 19, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Diane Cabell wrote:

> This is the draft of a clause that would waive attribution when mining.  
> 
> Do any of you have any thoughts on whether this language is reasonable for the purpose?  Is attribution stacking a problem that truly needs to be addressed?
> 
> I am a bit concerned that it leaves a possible loophole allowing the miner to intentionally omit any identifiable characteristics simply to avoid attribution.  Is that an inescapable problem?
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> 
> Diane Cabell
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