* @ 17/10/06 06:13:28 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Correct. Do you buy music wrapped in DRM? I don't. > > Not a valid response to the question. In the music world, you have an > option of buying non-DRMed music. The data you seem to be most > interested in is not available without DRM. If it were to become > available under a permissive license with built in limitations on the > use of the data to match that license, would that be better than not > having the data at all?
But as described, those limitations will be broken. If GeoDRM is a political act to make non-technical people more comfortable with releasing data, then that's one thing, that appears to be what you're defending, Chris. But it appears to be presented (here) as a serious effort. Perhaps the non-technical people are on this list and the flag needs to be waved. > You misinterpreted who 'they' was in this case. 'They' could be any > person that has data and wishes to make it available under some specific > license. FooCorp, a company which maps the locations of every FooBucks > location in the world, may want to release that information to the > public with a no-redistribution clause. They are not a government Then they don't need DRM. > agency. 'They' could be the Open Guides project, which wishes to ensure > protection of its data from incorporation into commercial data sources. I'd hope that OG arn't dumb enough to use DRM. > "They" could be Open Street Map, which wishes to ensure that the terms > of the Creative Commons license under which their data is released is > adequately described in a standardized framework. All of these might be > covered by the discussions ongoing in the OGC GeoDRM working group. No, I think OpenStreetMap would rely on civil law. It's worked for me in the past and I have more faith in that. I also don't want to buy in to something that may restrict moral or fair use rights. I have no idea how DRM would ensure attribution or derivative works clauses. > > And we release our data in the public domain or using Creative Commons > > licenses. > > You speak as if this is a universal truth. It's not. Many individuals > and organizations hold massive amounts of geographic data for fear that > releasing it would lead to its misuse. Not all of these concerns can be > solved by DRM. Some of them can. Which ones? have fun, SteveC [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asklater.com/steve/ _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
