Hi, 80n wrote: > Perhaps PD is not as simple as it seems at first sight.
The thing that is simple about PD is what contributors want - they simply want to make the data available to anyone, forever, without restrictions of any kind, full stop. You will not find a single use case where one PD advocate says "I want this to be possible" and another says "nay, this should not be allowed" and the third says "ok we can allow this but only if the licensee dons a funny hat and runs in circles for half an hour". We're all 100% on the same side and there is absolutely no discussion about where to draw the line between "allowed" and "not allowed". The more complex thing is that some jurisdictions make it really difficult for you to give away your rights so generously. So the guy who told you "use my data as you see fit" might actually be from a country where him saying so doesn't exactly mean what he says! But this is really legislation gone mad, and should not be held against the idea of PD. The idea of giving away something freely, with no strings attached, *is* a very simple idea that can easily be understood by anyone. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
