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From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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Em Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:10:38 +0100
Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@amorsen.dk> escreveu:

> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > That's said, this is just database entries where the values were obtained
> > from a public service. Anyone else with access to the same
> > transponders/carriers would be obtaining the very same data. So, I don't 
> > think that copyright law applies here. IANAL, but it sounds to me
> > that such info would be public domain.
> 
> Please be aware that in at least the EU database compilations _can_ be
> copyrighted. It makes life a lot simpler for distributions if you just
> pretend that it can be copyrighted and apply a license. 

Yes. Better safe than sorry.

> If you want
> something approaching public domain, the BSD license is an obvious
> choice. Going with the LGPL as you propose later in the email is
> perfectly fine too.

Changing to BSD could be a problem, as re-licensing would require an
ack from the original contributors, except if the license is a compatible
one. Collecting everyone's ack on such change could be painful, and for
no good reason.

So, to make it simpler, I would just use the LGPL.

Regards,
Mauro