Re: About non-free license for non-copyrightable work.
Le Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 08:04:54PM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit :
> Dear FTP team,
>
> the recent case about the timezone database reminded that facts are
> not copyrightable.
>
> In the emboss package, currently in our main section, we found in the test
> suite a data file under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License.
Dear FTP team and Debian Med team,
Because data it not copyrightable, I would like to keep on using and
distributing the protein sequence files from the UniProt consortium that I
found in the emboss and bioperl packages, disreagarding their license, CC
Attribution-NoDerivs. These files are part of the packages regression test
suites.
The UniProt consortium is non-profit and funded by public money.
http://www.uniprot.org/help/about
They acknowledge that not all they distribute is copyrightable:
http://www.uniprot.org/help/license
In my understanding, a single record like the one below is not copyrightable.
Please let me know your opinon on that matter.
Have a nice day,
-- Charles
> Here is an extract of the file.
>
> ID ANXA5_HUMAN Reviewed; 320 AA.
> AC P08758; Q6FI16; Q8WV69;
> DT 01-NOV-1988, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
> DT 23-JAN-2007, sequence version 2.
> DT 10-FEB-2009, entry version 116.
> DE RecName: Full=Annexin A5;
> DE AltName: Full=Annexin-5;
> DE AltName: Full=Annexin V;
> DE AltName: Full=Lipocortin V;
> DE AltName: Full=Endonexin II;
> DE AltName: Full=Calphobindin I;
> DE Short=CBP-I;
> DE AltName: Full=Placental anticoagulant protein I;
> DE Short=PAP-I;
> DE AltName: Full=Placental anticoagulant protein 4;
> DE Short=PP4;
> DE AltName: Full=Thromboplastin inhibitor;
> DE AltName: Full=Vascular anticoagulant-alpha;
> DE Short=VAC-alpha;
> DE AltName: Full=Anchorin CII;
> GN Name=ANXA5; Synonyms=ANX5, ENX2, PP4;
> OS Homo sapiens (Human).
> OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
> OC Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini;
> OC Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
> OX NCBI_TaxID=9606;
> RN [1]
> RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].
> RX MEDLINE=88163463; PubMed=2964863; DOI=10.1021/bi00399a011;
> RA Funakoshi T., Hendrickson L.E., McMullen B.A., Fujikawa K.;
> RT "Primary structure of human placental anticoagulant protein.";
> RL Biochemistry 26:8087-8092(1987).
> …
> RP X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (2.3 ANGSTROMS).
> RX MEDLINE=98118533; PubMed=9435213; DOI=10.1073/pnas.95.2.455;
> RA Budisa N., Minks C., Medrano F.J., Lutz J., Huber R., Moroder L.;
> RT "Residue-specific bioincorporation of non-natural, biologically active
> RT amino acids into proteins as possible drug carriers: structure and
> RT stability of the per-thiaproline mutant of annexin V.";
> RL Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95:455-459(1998).
> CC -!- FUNCTION: This protein is an anticoagulant protein that acts as an
> CC indirect inhibitor of the thromboplastin-specific complex, which
> CC is involved in the blood coagulation cascade.
> CC -!- SUBUNIT: Monomer. Binds ATRX and EIF5B (By similarity).
> CC -!- INTERACTION:
> CC P70489:Abp10 (xeno); NbExp=1; IntAct=EBI-296601, EBI-78367;
> CC P70486:Atrx (xeno); NbExp=1; IntAct=EBI-296601, EBI-78333;
> CC Q9Z330:Dnmt1 (xeno); NbExp=1; IntAct=EBI-296601, EBI-78342;
> CC P70488:Eif5b (xeno); NbExp=1; IntAct=EBI-296601, EBI-78359;
> CC -!- DOMAIN: A pair of annexin repeats may form one binding site for
> CC calcium and phospholipid.
> CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the annexin family.
> CC -!- SIMILARITY: Contains 4 annexin repeats.
> CC -!- CAUTION: This protein has been independently sequenced by at least
> CC seven groups under different names.
> CC -!- CAUTION: Ref.9 sequence was thought to originate from mouse.
> CC -!- WEB RESOURCE: Name=R&D Systems' cytokine source book: Annexin V;
> CC URL="http://www.rndsystems.com/molecule_detail.aspx?m=1063";;;
> CC -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see http://www.uniprot.org/terms
> CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License
> CC -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> DR EMBL; M18366; AAA35570.1; -; mRNA.
> DR EMBL; D00172; BAA00122.1; -; mRNA.
> DR EMBL; X12454; CAA30985.1; -; mRNA.
> DR EMBL; J03745; AAA52386.1; -; mRNA.
> DR EMBL; M21731; AAA36166.1; -; mRNA.
> DR EMBL; M19384; AAB59545.1; -; mRNA.
> DR EMBL; U01691; AAB40047.1; -; Genomic_DNA.
> DR EMBL; U01681; AAB40047.1; JOINED; Genomic_DNA.
> DR EMBL; U01682; AAB40047.1; JOINED; Genomic_DNA.
> …
> FT HELIX 221 224
> FT TURN 227 229
> FT HELIX 232 245
> FT HELIX 247 257
> FT STRAND 260 263
> FT HELIX 266 275
> FT TURN 276 280
> FT HELIX 281 292
> FT HELIX 296 303
> FT HELIX 306 316
> SQ SEQUENCE 320 AA; 35937 MW; 45E14E3964BA4D1A CRC64;
> MAQVLRGTVT DFPGFDERAD AETLRKAMKG LGTDEESILT LLTSRSNAQR QEISAAFKTL
> FGRDLLDDLK SELTGKFEKL IVALMKPSRL YDAYELKHAL KGAGTNEKVL TEIIASRTPE
> ELRAIKQVYE EEYGSSLEDD VVGDTSGYYQ RMLVVLLQAN RDPDAGIDEA QVEQDAQALF
> QAGELKWGTD EEKFITIFGT RSVSHLRKVF DKYMTISGFQ IEETIDRETS GNLEQLLLAV
> VKSIRSIPAY LAETLYYAMK GAGTDDHTLI RVMVSRSEID LFNIRKEFRK NFATSLYSMI
> KGDTSGDYKK ALLLLCGEDD
> //
> ID CSF3_HUMAN Reviewed; 207 AA.
> AC P09919;
> DT 01-JUL-1989, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
> DT 01-JUL-1989, sequence version 1.
> DT 10-FEB-2009, entry version 109.
> DE RecName: Full=Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor;
> DE Short=G-CSF;
> DE AltName: Full=Pluripoietin;
> DE AltName: INN=Filgrastim;
> DE AltName: INN=Lenograstim;
> DE Flags: Precursor;
> GN Name=CSF3; Synonyms=GCSF;
> OS Homo sapiens (Human).
>
>
> My question is: if that file is not copyrightable, can we ignore its license ?
>
> Have a nice week-end,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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