[OSM-legal-talk] PD declaration non binding?

[TimSC]

Richard,

Wow that's a big chunk of analysis! I think I understand you, at least 
to some extent.

On 23/07/10 14:37, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>
> - my head hurts.
>    
Same here.

>> Imagine if several users upload their own PD data to a central server
>> (imagine it is exclusively PD on this server). Is a database right
>> automatically created and who owns it? It can't be the contributors
>> because they waived their IP rights(?). Does the server owner get the
>> database rights? If so, we can ask them to waive their rights. To what
>> extent is our mixed licensing situation different?
>>      
> Yes, a database right exists. The "author" of the database is probably the
> person/organisation who created the schema, wrote and enforced the criteria
> for acceptance into the database. (You see my point that "the community" may
> have a stake in this.)
>    
In that case, is it legally sound if I download my own contribution due, 
to database rights? Would this interfere with relicensing of the data?

TimSC