[Openstreetmap] Re: OSM License and debian

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Lars Aronsson]
> Perhaps this is a provocative thought, but I think the question will
> come and we should have an answer prepared: Why not just put all the
> data in the public domain?  (Or a CC license that requires neither
> share-alike nor attribution.)

I like the idea of just releasing the data into the public domain.
I'm all for releasing the OSM data into the public domain.

But as far as I know, the public domain is not a legal status
available in all legal systems.  It is not available in Norway, for
example.  And I believe the only way to "get around" this fact, is by
using a license to document the right of the users, to give up some of
the rights given to the author by law.