[OSM-legal-talk] Houses of cards

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> I'm a bit confused. Isn't that situation, in US jurisdiction, a  
> problem
> with any copyleft license that would be adopted? I can do this with  
> gpl
> software, too. I can download the linux kernel, take away the license
> notices and then sell it to someone to use in a proprietary product.

No, because coypright applies to the Linux kernel, and the US law  
does recognize that very well. The problem arises only with stuff  
that is not copyrightable, such as factual data, onto which you try  
to add restrictions.

Bye
Frederik

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