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

[Sunburned Surveyor]

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

True. But its got to be simpler than viral share-alike. :]

The Sunburned Surveyor

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:12 PM, 80n <80n80n at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> ~Jordan
>> ____
>> Mr. Jordan S Hatcher, JD, LLM
>>
>> jordan at opencontentlawyer dot com
>> OC Blog: http://opencontentlawyer.com
>> IP/IT Blog: http://twitchgamer.net
>>
>> Open Data Commons
>> <http://opendatacommons.org>
>>
>> Usage of Creative Commons by cultural heritage organisations
>> http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/studies/cc2007
>>
>>
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