Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?
Benjamin Cutler <cutler@cs.colostate.edu>:
> Anyway... the program itself is GPL, no problems there. However, on the
> same site, they have several zip files that are basically rom databases
> produced by running the program on directories full of ROMs, allowing you to
> match ROM images by their checksums. I'd like to package those alongside
> ucon64, but they lack true licenses. The databases constitute effort
> (because the creators had to assemble an entire directory of ROMs), but in
> my opinion, no creativity (because all that was involved in the creation was
> running ucon64 over said directories). Are they still covered by copyright
> law in that case?
>From what I've heard, in the USA, probably not, but they may be
covered by the Database Directive in the EU, so you should get a
licence for them in any case.
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