[OSM-legal-talk] Contributo terms (was : decision removing data:

[John Smith]

On 6 August 2010 01:01, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net> wrote:
> Now John Smith in his statement above says "almost nothing except CC0 and PD
> data is compatible with the new contributor terms". Lets take CC0 data,
> there is still a rights holder of the data, who has released the data under
> CC0.  I would contend I have an IMPLICIT permission, to use the data in OSM,
> I would also contend I have "permission" to use the data in OSM, what I am
> unsure about is that I have "EXPLICIT permission".

If data is truly PD, there is no owner, so there is no one to get
explicit permission from.

In any case my point was about the wording to do with "another free or
open license" being too ambiguous.