Note the "(non-exclusively)". That says that any data you give to OpenStreetMap.org must be licensed under the CC-By-SA. You're free to license any of it to the rest of the world under any license you want.
On Jun 1, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Stefan Baebler wrote: > While carefully translating osm rails website into Slovenian i noticed > that signup notice at > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new currently reads: > > By creating an account, you agree that all work uploaded to > openstreetmap.org and all data created by use of any tools which > connect to openstreetmap.org is to be (non-exclusively) licensed under > this Creative Commons license (by-sa). > > the "all data created by use of any tools which connect to > openstreetmap.org" part can be problematic, as my browser connects to > openstreetmap.org. Heck, my computer and router also connect there, > and so does my phone and so does my ISP and my email provider > occasionally. Should all the work done using these tools be lincensed > with the osm license (cc-by-sa for the moment)? > > I guess a re-wording is needed here to calm down and invite the most > paranoid would-be contributors. > > Stefan > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk -- Russ Nelson - http://community.cloudmade.com/blog - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:RussNelson r...@cloudmade.com - Twitter: Russ_OSM - http://openstreetmap.org/user/RussNelson _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk