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

[Kari Pihkala]

I counted the votes for PD "license" so far. Sorry, if I have missed
anyone!!

Jordan S Hatcher: PDDL
Joseph Gentle: Wikipedia PD / PDDL
Nic Roets: Wikipedia PD
Sebastian Spaeth: Wikipedia PD
Rob Myers: CC Zero (Wikipedia PD)
Gustav Foseid: CC Zero / Wikipedia PD

According to this, Wikipedia style public domain dedication statement wins.
CC Zero is not finished, and therefore cannot be used now. So Wikipedia PD
it is?? Is this decision informal enough?? :)

PDDL:
http://www.opendatacommons.org/odc-public-domain-dedication-and-licence/
CC Zero: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CCZero
Wikipedia PD: "I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into
the
public domain. This applies worldwide.In case this is not legally possible:
I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any
conditions, unless such conditions are required by law."

- Kari


On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Kari Pihkala <kari.pihkala at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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