"Perhaps PD is not as simple as it seems at first sight." True. But its got to be simpler than viral share-alike. :]
The Sunburned Surveyor On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:12 PM, 80n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > > _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
