[OSM-talk] Anyone read the CC0 legal code?

Toby Murray toby.murray at gmail.com
Sun Oct 31 16:40:49 GMT 2010


Currently the checkbox has absolutely no bearing on the license that
your data is distributed under. It really is just a "statement of
purpose" which is noted in the account settings but doesn't actually
DO anything.

Toby


On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Niklas Cholmkvist
<towardsoss at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Read it and I've come to ask if anyone has read
> http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode too. (it is a
> waiver of copyright so don't be afraid to read it. It is very short, for
> a legal text, that is)
>
> After all.. if there is a checkbox called "public domain" in the OSM
> registration page which is pretty 'abstract', it doesn't really mean
> anything("public domain" is not a license, but a statement of purpose).
> While the link I provide is a legal waiver = something practical and
> useful. Do you have anything for or against this text, regarding using
> it for Openstreetmap data?
>
> Regards,
> Niklas
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