Exactly. I wouldn't like to see nodes with a license tag. Once again, it over-complicates things. Or do you want people asking, which PD data can they use and which they cannot??
Importing PD data (such as TIGER) into OSM/PD isn't a problem. PD is PD. I vote for the Wikipedia PD style of public domain for OSM/PD. Simply because it is simple. Public Domain Dedication And License looks too complicated - I think it will scare people off. CC Zero is not finished. Once it is finished, I don't see any reasons why we couldn't later switch to CC Zero, if it turns out to be good. - Kari On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:39 AM, Simon Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 02:17:46AM +1100, Joseph Gentle wrote: > > We won't have all the data under one license though. Never will if > > we're incorporating TIGER data and data from other governments. > > Exactly, the point to keep in mind here is that you don't relicense > stuff (at least not without much paperwork), you incorporate stuff that > has a licence compatible with yours. In much GPL software, PD and MIT > is acceptable, but the BSD licence with advertising clause isn't because > it adds another incompatible restriction (the advertising clause). With > OSM data it is similar: OSM can import TIGER data because it's PD, but > can not incorporate data from Ordnance Survey that at first glance seems > free but also restricts commercial use (unless licenced for many £). > > Simon > -- > A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a > simple system that works.—John Gall > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkj+aC0ACgkQj6/6lS/XEIp+nwCeMjkQRU9qTcNNVaIWDYTDalRR > 1cwAmwXFNT0lp/jPVbHdEi7x2jBYqrb6 > =Ibli > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > >
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