[OSM-talk] Breach of Copyright?

Russ Nelson nelson at crynwr.com
Tue Sep 29 02:05:17 BST 2009


Richard Fairhurst writes:
 > Nick Whitelegg wrote:
 > > One council (West Sussex) referred to its data as "public domain" 
 > > when I last looked. I'd guess that's the same for all councils.
 > 
 > Bear in mind that "public domain" meaning "free of copyright" is a US term.
 > The traditional UK meaning is quite different.

Lawds, I wish the English could speak English.  Who decided it would
be a good idea to fork off American into a whole 'nother language?

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