Frederik Ramm wrote: >> So "if we can't get rid of the click-through" is not the question. > > Replace it by "if we cannot find a license that works without > clicktrough".
Well, there ain't none. Sorry, I'm over-simplifying. But the question is really simple, it's just the answer that's complicated. In some jurisdictions you have statutory protection for geodata under copyright law and, sometimes, "neighbouring rights" (e.g. EU database law). So everything's easy. In other jurisdictions, you have to rely, to a greater or lesser extent, on contract. And there's no clever wording, no "find a licence", that can get around that. Usage of the database is regulated by statute, by contract, or by judicious application of a baseball bat; they're the only options. Our data, along with that of every geodata company in the world, will be made available in contract-biased jurisdictions (like the US). Does TeleAtlas require click-through to work? No. Does Navteq? No. So does ODBL? No. Come on. It's all about appetite for risk. OSMF some time last year took a view, subject to consultation, that click-through would improve enforceability without a deleterious effect on usability. You disagree. That's fine. On balance, and after several months' thought, I think I probably do, too. But Jochen, when you say "So I know that it is not enforcable unless both parties have agreed" and start quoting Wikipedia, with respect, that's the worst type of barrack-room lawyer. "Agreed" isn't that simple. Read the summaries of the Register.com vs Verio case I cited earlier. That is a contract being enforced, in a contract-only jurisdiction, _without_ anyone clicking "I agree". It's a case relating to repeated extraction from a big database - actually quite similar to OSM. I'd also point out that, of all the reasons to switch from CC-BY-SA to ODBL, enforceability is certainly no higher than third in my list. :) cheers Richard _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk