[OSM-legal-talk] Starting Repository For Public Domain OSM Data

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On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Jordan S Hatcher <
jordan at opencontentlawyer.com> wrote:

> On picking a PD dedication/licence:
>
> On 16 Oct 2008, at 20:08, Kari Pihkala wrote:
> > I created a wiki page for the public domain map, have a look at
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Public_Domain_Map . There
> > is also a link from the http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/
> > Open_Data_License to the new page.
> >
> > I listed all public domain licenses - we need to decide which one
> > to use. How to make decisions? Voting?
>
> On 15 Oct 2008, at 09:22, Rob Myers wrote:
> >
> > The CC PD dedication has the usual problems in jurisdictions where you
> > can't waive your rights.
> >
> > CC Zero is designed to fix this, I believe.
>
>
> On 16 Oct 2008, at 03:58, Joseph Gentle wrote:
> >
> > I don't think picking the right PD license will be a particularly
> > large hurdle. It is certainly less complicated than selecting a
> > share-alike license :)  The wikipedia pd license looks good.
>
> I would strongly think about the Open Data Commons Public Domain
> Dedication and Licence, which as John Wilbanks mentions in another
> post is specifically geared towards data and is compliant with the
> Science Commons protocol.
>
> But of course I co-wrote the PDDL so I would say that. Unless you
> have to make a decision really soon on which to choose, I would
> however wait and see how CC Zero shakes out in the final draft and
> how it gets implemented in order to make an informed choice between
> all the options.
>

Ironically, this thread was started by Sunburned Surveyor who said:
> I wasn't a proponent of this "public domain approach" until I started
> to learn about the licensing issue and some of the problems and
> complications it can cause. I know believe things are a lot simpler if
> my OSM data is just released into the public domain before it is
> contributed.

Perhaps PD is not as simple as it seems at first sight.




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>
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