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

[Joseph Gentle]

I'm happy with that. Thankyou :)

-J


On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Kari Pihkala <kari.pihkala at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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