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

[80n]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 80n wrote:
> > Perhaps PD is not as simple as it seems at first sight.
>
> The thing that is simple about PD is what contributors want - they
> simply want to make the data available to anyone, forever, without
> restrictions of any kind, full stop.


But that's not what Sunburned Surveyor actually said.   He specifically said
that he wasn't a proponent of PD until...

So in this case he's not really a PD advocate, but just found the share
alike licensing too difficult and wanted an easy life.  I was just pointing
out that PD is not necessarily an easy life.

IPR and licensing is a complex business.  Whatever we do it will not be
easy.

80n



> You will not find a single use case
> where one PD advocate says "I want this to be possible" and another says
> "nay, this should not be allowed" and the third says "ok we can allow
> this but only if the licensee dons a funny hat and runs in circles for
> half an hour". We're all 100% on the same side and there is absolutely
> no discussion about where to draw the line between "allowed" and "not
> allowed".
>
> The more complex thing is that some jurisdictions make it really
> difficult for you to give away your rights so generously. So the guy who
> told you "use my data as you see fit" might actually be from a country
> where him saying so doesn't exactly mean what he says! But this is
> really legislation gone mad, and should not be held against the idea of
> PD. The idea of giving away something freely, with no strings attached,
> *is* a very simple idea that can easily be understood by anyone.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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