On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Richard Fairhurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Liz wrote: > >> I don't want PD for my data because then I can see the company like >> Garmin >> freely using it to update their maps and still charging me for my >> data. > > But this is what I never get when people wheel out the old canard of > "the tragedy of the commons". These days, the commons is infinite. You > still have your data. You still own your data. Garmin won't be > charging you for your data - you no longer need it, because you have > your own.
The tragedy of the commons was that they were enclosed. There's no historical evidence for the economic canard. With PD, Garmin *can* lock you out and charge you *in a particular location*. If you are concerned with having your own wealth elsewhere, that isn't a problem. If you are concerned with being free to actually do something where you are now, it's a big problem. - Rob. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
