OK, so either not OSMF (but a group setup for the purpose) or OSMF with better protections for who can be a board member. How about a group made up of interested parties with a minimum amount of data submitted to OSM... :-)
Or is the basic idea flawed as well? -- Brian On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:23 PM, 80n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Brian Quinion > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Been reading all the discussions for a while with growing frustration. >> I find my self mostly agreeing with the CC-By-SA license but I do >> wish there was a way to easily provide exceptions to those >> organisations wishing to make good use of the data but having problems >> with the license. >> >> So my questions is this: would it be possible for the contributors to >> OSM (in addition to releasing the data as CC-By-SA) to also grant a >> license to the OSMF to use the data for ANY purpose? and to be able to >> in turn also license the data on other projects / organisations by >> unanimous vote? >> >> I'd be willing to trust the OSMF to only release the data under >> license for suitable purposes. For instance they could license it to >> npe with an explicit agreement that using it to geocode postcodes did >> not constitute a derivative work. Or they could give definitive >> interpretations of what was covered by CC-By-SA and back it up with >> their own license agreement if there was ever a dispute. >> >> Is this just stupid, or is this an easy way out of the bind the >> project now seems to find itself in? I guess it really comes down to >> if people would be willing to trust OSMF... > > At the recent election for the OSMF board there were 26 members who voted. > It costs £15 to become a member. > > So it would cost about £500 to elect your own board. I wouldn't trust OSMF > with my data. > > Etienne (OSMF Treasurer) > > > >> >> -- >> Brian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> legal-talk mailing list >> legal-talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > > _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
