[moved to legal-talk] Jeffrey Martin wrote:
> First is that someone can include public domain material > in their own work and not tell the reader. The reader then does not > know > that they can copy or make derivative works from those public domain > portions > without permission. > > Second, derivative works are now under a new copyright and no longer > free (libre). It's well-trodden ground, but the point is really that those of us with a strong PD ethos actually don't see either of the above as a problem. The first can, of course, be "solved" by an attribution-only licence which is otherwise very close to PD. cheers Richard _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk
