On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Jordan S Hatcher < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On picking a PD dedication/licence: > > On 16 Oct 2008, at 20:08, Kari Pihkala wrote: > > I created a wiki page for the public domain map, have a look at > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Public_Domain_Map . There > > is also a link from the http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/ > > Open_Data_License to the new page. > > > > I listed all public domain licenses - we need to decide which one > > to use. How to make decisions? Voting? > > On 15 Oct 2008, at 09:22, Rob Myers wrote: > > > > The CC PD dedication has the usual problems in jurisdictions where you > > can't waive your rights. > > > > CC Zero is designed to fix this, I believe. > > > On 16 Oct 2008, at 03:58, Joseph Gentle wrote: > > > > I don't think picking the right PD license will be a particularly > > large hurdle. It is certainly less complicated than selecting a > > share-alike license :) The wikipedia pd license looks good. > > I would strongly think about the Open Data Commons Public Domain > Dedication and Licence, which as John Wilbanks mentions in another > post is specifically geared towards data and is compliant with the > Science Commons protocol. > > But of course I co-wrote the PDDL so I would say that. Unless you > have to make a decision really soon on which to choose, I would > however wait and see how CC Zero shakes out in the final draft and > how it gets implemented in order to make an informed choice between > all the options. > Ironically, this thread was started by Sunburned Surveyor who said: > I wasn't a proponent of this "public domain approach" until I started > to learn about the licensing issue and some of the problems and > complications it can cause. I know believe things are a lot simpler if > my OSM data is just released into the public domain before it is > contributed. Perhaps PD is not as simple as it seems at first sight. > > Thanks! > > ~Jordan > ____ > Mr. Jordan S Hatcher, JD, LLM > > jordan at opencontentlawyer dot com > OC Blog: http://opencontentlawyer.com > IP/IT Blog: http://twitchgamer.net > > Open Data Commons > <http://opendatacommons.org> > > Usage of Creative Commons by cultural heritage organisations > http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/studies/cc2007 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk >
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