RE: SUO: RE: Cyc Upper Ontology offer
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>Some further questions arise along these lines, e.g., does Cyc itself have a
>mechanism for disclaiming copyright and giving attribution to concepts it
>includes that originated elsewhere? Does Cyc have a mechanism for
>disclaiming copyright (or acknowledging public domain) for concepts for
>which there is no clear origin, yet which it is clear that everyone knows,
>e.g. that humans normally have two eyes?
Well, no. But then to be fair, even the most inclusive interpretation
of the clause has it covering only the logical form of the axioms,
rather than their intended meaning or content. So the issue would be,
not that Cyc says that people have two eyes, but the *way* it says
it, in some sense of 'way' that I doubt has yet been tested in court
:-)
Pat Hayes
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