El sáb, 02-02-2008 a las 22:53 +0100, Gerard Meijssen escribió:
Hoi,
The GPL is perfectly ok with using data and operating on data that is not
licensed by the GPL. The GPL is about software not data. When your point of
view is only on programming and using your data exclusively for machine
consumption, it makes perfect sense to use the GPL. If your data is usable
for human consumption, having a license for the functional data like the
GFDL, the CC-by or CC-by-sa is still perfectly legal for use with the
Apertium engine.
In essence you have the same problem with the Wikipedia / Wiktionary data.
It is licensed with a license that is incompatible for you while in reality
the license of the data is irrelevant for the status of the GPL software.
With the program algorithms copyrighted and licensed, you have all the
protection that I expect you need. By being able to use data of whatever
license, you improve the reach of your software dramatically and as a
consequence will be better able to provide services for less and least
resourced languages.
This shows a misunderstanding of what is meant by data, as was outlined
by my first post. Indeed, you seem to be trying to separate the "machine
parts" from the "human parts" something I stated is not possible. I
would welcome you to try and show otherwise [patches welcome].
Fran