... Are you sure about the spelling of "... fork off American ..." - doesn't sound quite right but perhaps it's just my mid-Atlantic accent?
Mike Harris > -----Original Message----- > From: John Smith [mailto:deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com] > Sent: 29 September 2009 02:16 > To: Russ Nelson > Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org; Richard Fairhurst > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Breach of Copyright? > > 2009/9/29 Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com>: > > Richard Fairhurst writes: > > > Nick Whitelegg wrote: > > > > One council (West Sussex) referred to its data as > "public domain" > > > > when I last looked. I'd guess that's the same for all councils. > > > > > > Bear in mind that "public domain" meaning "free of > copyright" is a US term. > > > The traditional UK meaning is quite different. > > > > Lawds, I wish the English could speak English. Who decided > it would > > be a good idea to fork off American into a whole 'nother language? > > Actually American english is behind the times, it's an older > form that never kept up with the rest of the world.... :) > > > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
