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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Yeah I know he probably didn't understand the implications/view points on it. I should have explained that better, rather than just ...<br>Anyway he was talking about open source, etc and he meant it in the (modern) open source style of public domain.<br>But the point was I didn't believe him that we could just republish it. So I am wanting to know what we can use.<br><br>(actually the guy I spoke to didn't sound like he was even from the UK... - Australian maybe but that is whole different story)<br><br><div>> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 18:05:55 +0100<br>> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Getting Highway Agency information into OSM<br>> From: gravitystorm@gmail.com<br>> To: rovastar@hotmail.com<br>> CC: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org<br>> <br>> On 3 July 2014 17:51, John Baker <rovastar@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > He just said we release the plans and<br>> > they are public domain.....<br>> <br>> "Public Domain" (British English, especially Government and in the<br>> Courts): Information known by the public, could be under any kind of<br>> copyright<br>> "Public Domain" (US English): Information available for unrestricted reuse.<br>> <br>> So you could say "The contents of all the Harry Potter books are in<br>> the Public Domain" and in the UK that just means the general public<br>> knows what's in the books, rather than anyone having permission to<br>> upload them to Project Gutenberg :-)<br>> <br>> Cheers,<br>> Andy<br></div> </div></body>
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