Re: A Data License
"Matt.Wilkie" wrote:
> Matt said:
> >> The license I'd like should:
> >>
> >> - be free of charge, money for distribution and handling is okay
>
> Peter said:
> >This will probably may make it non-free.
> >If you want to keep people from merging your data into an
> >expensive data set and selling the whole, use the GPL.
>
> Mmm. I don't it being merged into an expensive data set, but
> my contribution should not be the one to set the dollar value.
> ie - proprietary data set A costs $5k, combine it with my data
> should not make the collection cost $10k. Does that make any
> sense?
Yes, then avoid using the GPL. It doesn't prevent selling, but
the derived product must also be GPLed (so it's not likely to be
used on a proprietary expensive data set).
Loon into the oether licenses suggested earlier.
Peter
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