Benjamin Webb wrote:
Yes, I agree, a well aimed donation system would bring
in quite a tidy sum
for a project like this.
As for copyrights, when it comes it Genealogical data, most of it can't be
copyrighted, as it is mostly facts. I have added certain familysearch
GEDCOMs to my tree on Rodovid, do you think I am allowed to do this, as it
is facts.
Of course, having a free license does make it much easier, there isn't an
issue of trying to draw the line between fact and copyrightable material.
By the way, what do you think of the meta
page<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rodovid.org>
?
Are there any other intellectual property hazards in connection with
GEDCOMs? Does the LDS church or anyone else hold any software patents?
What verifiability standards would such a project have?
What policies would such a project follow in relation to privacy?
Attitudes toward including living persons in a genealogical database are
not consistent.
While I don't see any big copyright problems in relation to importing
the GEDCOMs of others, I would be very concerned about the accuracy of
these imported files. GIGO = Garbage In, Garbage Out.
Ec