The key question remains: Is is openly published without any restrictions of any kind on who may use it or how they may use it? It never fails to amaze me how sometimes one must emphasize over and over what the word "any" means, but regrettably that is a consequence of how laws work. It is not my doing, so anybody reading this should not blame the messenger. :-) So, when I ask "Are there any restrictions on use?" and somebody replies, "Oh, no... no restrictions at all! It is open... " it is often the case that there are indeed restrictions. So, sometimes when I follow and I ask more questions like... "No restrictions, you say? So... I can take this thing and start reselling it as my product under a different name... is that correct?" "Oh, no, you can't do that. You have to register at the web site to get it, and part of that registration requires you to agree to a contract. You must give credit to the originator, you cannot change the name of it, and you cannot use it for anything that involves money or profit, like in a business, and you cannot pass it on to any third party, and you must (etc, etc.) .... do those count as restrictions?" So, forgive me for being persistent about this, but whether or not something has restrictions of any kind is a very big deal, at least for law-abiding enterprises.
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