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=== But you could have used my favorite license instead! ===
 
=== But you could have used my favorite license instead! ===
 
This is unlikely:
 
This is unlikely:
* '''ODbL''' (copyleft database licensed, used by OpenStreeMap), see this quote:  
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* '''ODbL''' (copyleft database licensed, used by OpenStreeMap), had - [https://joemorrison.medium.com/openstreetmap-is-having-a-moment-dcc7eef1bb01 until very recently but it might be changing] - not had a successful run. See this quote:  
 
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ODbL is probably the most blatant example of this: even at the time, Science Commons correctly pointed out that ODbL’s attempt to create database rights by contract outside of the EU was a bad idea.
 
ODbL is probably the most blatant example of this: even at the time, Science Commons correctly pointed out that ODbL’s attempt to create database rights by contract outside of the EU was a bad idea.
 
Unfortunately, well-intentioned people (including me!) pushed it through anyway. Similarly, open hardware proponents have tried to stretch copyright to cover functional works, with predictably messy results."
 
Unfortunately, well-intentioned people (including me!) pushed it through anyway. Similarly, open hardware proponents have tried to stretch copyright to cover functional works, with predictably messy results."
|author={{Q|2906}}, one of the authors of the ODbL, who worked for OpenStreetMap at the time}}
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|author={{Q|2906}}, who worked for OpenStreetMap at the time}}
 
* '''CC-BY-SA''' is likely to work against your goals if you are based in Europe and select countries:  
 
* '''CC-BY-SA''' is likely to work against your goals if you are based in Europe and select countries:  
 
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Note that if you are using a database in a jurisdiction where you must respect database rights, and you receive a CC-licensed work from someone located in a jurisdiction without database rights, you should determine whether database rights exist and have been licensed."
 
Note that if you are using a database in a jurisdiction where you must respect database rights, and you receive a CC-licensed work from someone located in a jurisdiction without database rights, you should determine whether database rights exist and have been licensed."
 
|author=[https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Data#What_constitutes_a_.E2.80.9Csubstantial_portion.E2.80.9D_of_a_database.3F Creative Commons Official FAQ]}}
 
|author=[https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Data#What_constitutes_a_.E2.80.9Csubstantial_portion.E2.80.9D_of_a_database.3F Creative Commons Official FAQ]}}
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* See also [https://twitter.com/richardf/status/1409804879422439427?s=20 this reference to Feist v Rural] by @richardf
    
=== Other datasets ===
 
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