[OSM-legal-talk] Ordnance data

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

El Miércoles, 20 de Febrero de 2008, John Wilbanks escribió:
> *Maps* may indeed be copyrighted.

Agreed.

> The data that underlies those maps is probably in the public domain...

Agreed, and that's what the Open Data Factual Info License addresses.

*But* when you put together a large enough quantity of PD data, you get either 
DB protection or copyright protection (depending on your jurisdiction). 
That's what the ODL addresses, and that's how we can keep the share-alike 
component.

(Disclaimer: IANAL, this e-mail may be biased)

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