<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ivan@sanchezortega.es">ivan@sanchezortega.es</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div>That's called the "stupid jurisdictions" clause.<br>
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Just because facts are free in your jurisdiction doesn't mean all<br>
jurisdictions in the world think the same. Look at the CC0 and CC-PD<br>
licenses.<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br>Well, kind of. But would not a simple PD dedication do the job just as well as FIL?<br><br>The FIL looks very much like a PD dedication, with the only exception that you have to distribute the "PD" dedication.<br>
<br>I think the FIL would be easier to deal with, if clause 2.2 was removed. I fail to see that it gives me, as an OSM contributor, any advante or disadvantage, but it does add confusion.<br><br><br> - Gustav<br>