[Opengenalliance] old bailey proceedings

Mon May 16 18:20:21 BST 2011

Guy

thanks for the info on business models.

re your reply below:

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As to the copyright no I would not use Creative Commons.

I have spent large sums of money (thousands of pounds) over the last 4/5
years buying and making available records for family historians.
I think the best way to protect my investment is to use standard copyright
law which includes Database Right.

I all cases where I have been asked if I would allow my transcriptions to be
reused (FreeBMD being just one example) I have agree without hesitation.

It is not difficult to email a webmaster/site owner and ask to use their
work.
The internet actually make contacting copyright owners far easier than it
was before the advent of the internet.

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One important aspect of building an open data ecology in any area is license
interoperability. We are very interested in promoting use of open licenses
(rather than everyone making one up) because it makes everything a lot
easier

If Database Right is the issue, Creative Commons are now developing a
European license compatible with the Database Directive, which could be
pretty much the same as
your copyright notice:

Permission is granted for all free personal and non-commercial uses. It is
my intention to make all data contained herein freely available for all
private, non-profit and non-commercial uses. Commercial use of any portion
contained herein is expressly prohibited.
Database Right, all databases on this website are covered by the 1997
Database Regulations
Guy Etchells is the maker of the database contained within and the owner of
the database

Non commercial is a recurrent theme with people in genealogy when talking
about licensing. However, in many cases the issue of abuse by commercial
companies can be worked out with share-alike clause.

The Open Knowledge Foundation can provide excellent advice on licensing your
work with a compatible license to fit your exact needs in terms of access.

best, Javier
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