[OSM-talk] Breach of Copyright?

[Mike Harris]

... Are you sure about the spelling of "... fork off American ..." - doesn't
sound quite right but perhaps it's just my mid-Atlantic accent?

Mike Harris
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Smith [mailto:deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com] 
> Sent: 29 September 2009 02:16
> To: Russ Nelson
> Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org; Richard Fairhurst
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Breach of Copyright?
> 
> 2009/9/29 Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com>:
> > 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?
> 
> Actually American english is behind the times, it's an older 
> form that never kept up with the rest of the world.... :)
> 
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