Hello Randal, Ian, I agree 100% with Serge's last email. Ask them write a public domain dedication email, something like. "we dedicate any and all copyright interest in this data to the public domain", or (even better) have them use the CC0.
Thanks Jason. On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Randal Hale <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome - if I was handier with the google there's been a long running > argument on whether a GIS consists of the data or the software. Well - > actually - this is an old article -> > http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/sierra-club-vs-orange-county-pra-lawsuit-update-december-10-2011/219926 > > So - could they GPL the data and get away with that - is GPL compatible with > ODBL? I assume MIT is..... > > Randy > > ----------------- > Randal Hale, GISP > North River Geographic Systems, Inc > http://www.northrivergeographic.com > 423.653.3611 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > twitter:rjhale > http://about.me/rjhale > > On 12/02/2013 08:19 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Randal Hale > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Actually - I saw you were using MIT - wouldn't that just cover software? > > > The MIT license mentions software and documentation, so technically you're > right, but if you replace "software and documentation" with "data and > documentation", then it works fine. Or you could take "software and > documentation" to mean include the data in question. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Imports-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us > _______________________________________________ Imports-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us
