[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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