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

Kari Pihkala kari.pihkala at gmail.com
Wed Oct 22 06:48:03 BST 2008


Exactly. I wouldn't like to see nodes with a license tag. Once again, it
over-complicates things. Or do you want people asking, which PD data can
they use and which they cannot??

Importing PD data (such as TIGER) into OSM/PD isn't a problem. PD is PD.

I vote for the Wikipedia PD style of public domain for OSM/PD. Simply
because it is simple.

Public Domain Dedication And License looks too complicated - I think it will
scare people off. CC Zero is not finished. Once it is finished, I don't see
any reasons why we couldn't later switch to CC Zero, if it turns out to be
good.

- Kari

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:39 AM, Simon Ward <simon at bleah.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 02:17:46AM +1100, Joseph Gentle wrote:
> > We won't have all the data under one license though. Never will if
> > we're incorporating TIGER data and data from other governments.
>
> Exactly, the point to keep in mind here is that you don't relicense
> stuff (at least not without much paperwork), you incorporate stuff that
> has a licence compatible with yours.  In much GPL software, PD and MIT
> is acceptable, but the BSD licence with advertising clause isn't because
> it adds another incompatible restriction (the advertising clause).  With
> OSM data it is similar:  OSM can import TIGER data because it's PD, but
> can not incorporate data from Ordnance Survey that at first glance seems
> free but also restricts commercial use (unless licenced for many £).
>
> Simon
> --
> A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
> simple system that works.—John Gall
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