Re: Using a CC-3.0-BY file as data file for a GPL program

[Olive <olive001@tele2allin.be>]

Arnoud Engelfriet wrote:
> Francesco Poli wrote:
> > Can anyone more knowledgeable than me on these topics shed some light,
> > please?
> > The main question is: do I really need a copyright license to use,
> > modify and/or redistribute such a (published) database?
>
> If the selection of the data that was put in the database involved
> creative activity by its maker, then yes you need a copyright license.
> If the database was created by a European company, then you need
> a license under its database right. (No database rights for US publishers)

Are you sure of this? European jurisdiction protect database; If a 
European Company wants tu use a database made by a US publisher; I think 
it might be forbidden by European law. It is quite possible that a US 
publisher of a database might prevent a European company using it before 
a European tribunal. I am not a lawyer; so I am unsure; but I think this 
should be investigated.

Olive