On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 04:16:36PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 08:24:57PM +0200, Mika Fischer wrote: > > How far does one have to go in regard to data? A few examples. > > > > - Data published on the web: > > http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/cat1.html lists stars with possible planets > > around them. > > Is one allowed to use this data in a program? > > Basically for me this is just information and it doesn't make sense to > > restrict that. > > In the U.S., mere facts are not subject to copyright protection, and > there are no separate laws extending copyright-like protection to > databases of facts. > > In many European jurisdictions, copyright-like protections to extend to > databases of facts. I don't believe that database law applies here, due to the small size of the data set. However, I'm only familiar with the UK implementation; other parts of Europe may differ. It's the French version in particular which matters here.... anybody? -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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