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

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Tue Aug 31 15:03:04 BST 2010


2010/8/31 Dirk-Lüder Kreie <osm-list at deelkar.net>:
> Am 31.08.2010 06:36, schrieb Anthony:
>> 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.

Collecting facts never falls under the protection of copyright.  The
expression of facts usually does, though.



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