[Talk-GB] Getting Highway Agency information into OSM

[Andy Allan]

On 3 July 2014 17:51, John Baker <rovastar at hotmail.com> wrote:
> He just said we release the plans and
> they are public domain.....

"Public Domain" (British English, especially Government and in the
Courts): Information known by the public, could be under any kind of
copyright
"Public Domain" (US English): Information available for unrestricted reuse.

So you could say "The contents of all the Harry Potter books are in
the Public Domain" and in the UK that just means the general public
knows what's in the books, rather than anyone having permission to
upload them to Project Gutenberg :-)

Cheers,
Andy