[OSM-talk] Using editors to indicate license preference.

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

John Smith wrote:
> What you are suggesting is shady at best, and is no better than
> someone doing that with any other copyrighted material, it doesn't
> make it any more legal to simply take it than it would be to take MS
> word uploaded somewhere.

There is a difference regarding downstream users. If I take copyrighted 
material and put it up on a web site saying "download and use freely", then

* I am in breach of copyright
* anyone who downloads data from my site is, too

whereas if the data is not copyrighted, but given to me under a contract 
that stipulates that I may not put it up on a web site and say "download 
and use freely" then

* I am in breach of contract
* anyone who downloads data from my site is not in breach of anything

Bye
Frederik

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