[OSM-legal-talk] Contact Info For Tom Hughes Regarding Public Domain Mailing List

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On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:32:51AM +0100, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> > I don't want PD for my data because then I can see the company like  
> > Garmin
> > freely using it to update their maps and still charging me for my  
> > data.
> But this is what I never get when people wheel out the old canard of  
> "the tragedy of the commons". These days, the commons is infinite. You  
> still have your data. You still own your data. Garmin won't be  
> charging you for your data - you no longer need it, because you have  
> your own.

If garmin closes their devices for non-garmin signed datasets (ala
TomTom) then you could very well end up paying for the privilege to use
your own data.

cu bart