[OSM-talk] How is there not any creative-type (US) copyright in OSM data?

[John Smith]

2009/12/14 Brendan Morley <morb.gis at beagle.com.au>:
> I agree! (-:
>
> When pondering this earlier today I realised one of the fundamental
> ambiguities is:
>
> Is freedom/openness enforced on the dataset *itself*? Or
> Is freedom/openness enforced on your right to *use* that dataset?
>
> I'd always assumed the second option.

And you would be 90% correct, the limitations aren't on using the data
set, it's when it comes to extending, but that isn't necessarily use.