[OSM-legal-talk] Beeing pragmatic

rob at robmyers.org rob at robmyers.org
Wed Feb 20 10:30:40 GMT 2008


> Jochen Topf wrote:
> Of course it is. PD is compatible with everything, everything is
> compatible with PD. We might not be able to import non-PD data, but
> everone can *use* our data.

Unless they are prevented from doing so when they actually encounter  
it by someone else who has "used" it.

Freedom of use implies inalienability of use value, not alienability  
of exchange value.

- Rob.






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