[Freegis-list] Open Access to Geospatial Data

[Reed Hedges]

Simply applying the GPL or LGPL to geospatial data is valid. Consider the data 
to be the "source code" which is interpreted by computer to display, analyze, whatever.

(See <http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOtherThanSoftware>)


Here is the FSF's list of licenses:
<http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html>



On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 03:59:46PM +0200, Maurizio Trevisani wrote:
> Coul'd you help me?
> Where can I find samples of licence, similar tu the ones available for
> open source software (GPL, MPL, and so on), for geospatial data?
> Is there a site similar to http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.php
> specifically about geodata?
> Thanks,
> Maurizio Trevisani
>