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*The freedom to study the work and apply the information: The licensee must be allowed to examine the work and to use the knowledge gained from the work in any way. The license may not, for example, restrict "reverse engineering". | *The freedom to study the work and apply the information: The licensee must be allowed to examine the work and to use the knowledge gained from the work in any way. The license may not, for example, restrict "reverse engineering". | ||
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“Produced Work” – a work (such as an image, audiovisual material, text, or sounds) resulting from using the whole or a Substantial part of the Contents (via a search or other query) from this Database, a Derivative Database, or this Database as part of a Collective Database. | “Produced Work” – a work (such as an image, audiovisual material, text, or sounds) resulting from using the whole or a Substantial part of the Contents (via a search or other query) from this Database, a Derivative Database, or this Database as part of a Collective Database. | ||
“Publicly” – means to Persons other than You or under Your control by either more than 50% ownership or by the power to direct their activities (such as contracting with an independent consultant). | “Publicly” – means to Persons other than You or under Your control by either more than 50% ownership or by the power to direct their activities (such as contracting with an independent consultant). | ||
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4.6 Access to Derivative Databases. If You Publicly Use a Derivative Database or a Produced Work from a Derivative Database, You must also offer to recipients of the Derivative Database or Produced Work a copy in a machine readable form of: | 4.6 Access to Derivative Databases. If You Publicly Use a Derivative Database or a Produced Work from a Derivative Database, You must also offer to recipients of the Derivative Database or Produced Work a copy in a machine readable form of: | ||
a. The entire Derivative Database; or | |||
b. A file containing all of the alterations made to the Database or the method of making the alterations to the Database (such as an algorithm), including any additional Contents, that make up all the differences between the Database and the Derivative Database. | |||
The Derivative Database (under a.) or alteration file (under b.) must be available at no more than a reasonable production cost for physical distributions and free of charge if distributed over the internet. | The Derivative Database (under a.) or alteration file (under b.) must be available at no more than a reasonable production cost for physical distributions and free of charge if distributed over the internet. | ||
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Please note in particular that the definition of "Use" includes "any act that is restricted by copyright '''or Database Rights'''", and that database rights include the right to extract factual information. | Please note in particular that the definition of "Use" includes "any act that is restricted by copyright '''or Database Rights'''", and that database rights include the right to extract factual information. | ||
ODbL attempts to restrict the ability to extract uncopyrightable facts from a database, therefore one who | ODbL attempts to restrict the ability to extract uncopyrightable facts from a database, therefore one who accepts it is not "allowed to examine the work and to use the knowledge gained from the work in any way". (An example of such knowledge which ODbL attempts to restrict would be the latitudes/longitudes of all restaurants in Florida.) [[User:An+h0ny|An+h0ny]] 16:21, 10 December 2010 (UTC) | ||
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