On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:33:44 +1000, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19 July 2010 21:30, Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote: >> That said I don't think you'd need to export the data geographically in >> order to break the contract requirement, just leave a planet dump on the >> bus. :-/ > > Which is what I'm curious about, what makes ODBL copyright stick if > cc-by-sa copyright isn't applicable?
That's different from the bus example. Where copyright doesn't apply it doesn't apply and neither the ODbL nor BY-SA will stick in that jurisdiction (assuming they claim to apply to the same, uncopyrightable, thing). But the copyright will apply wherever copyright applies, and cannot be stripped by geographically exporting and re-importing the copyrighted work. Project Gutenberg is a good example of a project that contains material which is legitimately in the public domain in some jurisdictions but under copyright in others. Where the copyright doesn't stick, the database right will (where that applies). Where the BD right doesn't apply the contract element will (bus schedules allowing). The ODbL is a legal switch statement / montage / triple whammy. (Not a lawyer, not legal advice, etc.) - Rob. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
