Yeah I know he probably didn't understand the implications/view points on it. I should have explained that better, rather than just ... Anyway he was talking about open source, etc and he meant it in the (modern) open source style of public domain. But the point was I didn't believe him that we could just republish it. So I am wanting to know what we can use.
(actually the guy I spoke to didn't sound like he was even from the UK... - Australian maybe but that is whole different story) > Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 18:05:55 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Getting Highway Agency information into OSM > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > On 3 July 2014 17:51, John Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > He just said we release the plans and > > they are public domain..... > > "Public Domain" (British English, especially Government and in the > Courts): Information known by the public, could be under any kind of > copyright > "Public Domain" (US English): Information available for unrestricted reuse. > > So you could say "The contents of all the Harry Potter books are in > the Public Domain" and in the UK that just means the general public > knows what's in the books, rather than anyone having permission to > upload them to Project Gutenberg :-) > > Cheers, > Andy
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