[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] Community vs. Licensing

[Dirk-Lüder Kreie]

Am 31.08.2010 06:36, schrieb Anthony:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
>> You are still assuming that copyright is universally valid despite court
>> cases that demonstrate that it isn't.
> 
> What does that mean?  Copyright is not universally valid?  Even Iraq
> has copyright now.  May not be universal, but 99.9% of the world has
> copyright.

Iran's copyright protects only works by Iranians.

Besides, what I think he meant is, that collecting facts (like geodata)
doesn't usually fall under the protection of copyright.

-- 
Dirk-Lüder "Deelkar" Kreie
Bremen - 53.0901°N 8.7868°E

Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

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