[OSM-legal-talk] ODbL License + Outline Procedure

OJ W ojwlists at googlemail.com
Fri Feb 27 19:22:23 GMT 2009


Given that the purpose of this license is to allow use, copying,
modifying, and redistribution,  why is it phrased as only allowing you
to Use the database, and then redefining Use in a different section to
mean copying, modifying, and redistribution?

Shouldn't the first paragraph of S3.1 be readable by itself without
having to go search for definitions in order to extract the
plain-language meaning of the text?

(I'm ignoring here the presence of 'examples' in S3.1, since examples
are usually used for illustration not definition)




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