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OpenStreetMap contemplates licensing

OpenStreetMap contemplates licensing

Posted Oct 22, 2008 18:24 UTC (Wed) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054)
In reply to: OpenStreetMap contemplates licensing by rvfh
Parent article: OpenStreetMap contemplates licensing

It appears that Wikipedia chose the GNU Free Documentation License. But no, it's not the same problem. They're copyrighting an expression of (hopefully) facts as written in articles by contributors, not a collection of raw facts.


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OpenStreetMap contemplates licensing

Posted Oct 23, 2008 10:10 UTC (Thu) by lysse (guest, #3190) [Link]

Not necessarily facts at all, in some cases. They're definitely covered by copyright. ;)

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