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Open Database License v1.0

Open Database License v1.0

Posted Jul 2, 2009 13:15 UTC (Thu) by endecotp (guest, #36428)
In reply to: Open Database License v1.0 by Wol
Parent article: Open Database License v1.0

> A quick skim of this says to me this is simply a copyleft licence

It needs more than a quick skim then :-)

It is attempting to protect aspects of the data that are not copyrightable in some jurisdictions (i.e. mainly the US) because they are "merely facts" by being a contract. In this sense it is, to my knowledge, very different from any other "free" or "open" license.


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