On 19 Feb 2008, at 23:18, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > >> The issue was quite simple. We need to have a license that better >> protects the OSM data > > Do we? What's the threat? How has it been assessed? > >> and clarifies how the data can be used so that >> the project can effectively deliver what it set out to deliver. > > It set out to deliver a free world map. The choice of license seemed > ok at the time, but it wasn't central to the project. Well I wasn't > around then but I am pretty damn sure that nobody said "oh well there > are all these PD world maps but we need something that is proper > copyleft".
Well I chose SA on purpose, I believe in viral licenses. >> OSM never started out as a PD project so why would we think that it >> would be better to recommend it go PD now? > > Perhaps: OSM started out as a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike > project and Creative Commons now suggest that factual data should be > licensed PD? Yes, but that's deeply political. Many disagree with what CC are doing but for various reasons aren't public on that. Maybe John going off the deep end will change that. have fun, SteveC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.asklater.com/steve/ _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk
