On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 02:00:30PM +0100, TimSC wrote: > For the conditions for relicensing our individual contribution's, I > propose the following. Each "data object" (either a node, way or > relation) have one or more authors. For each data object, we will > agree to relicense our data as ODbL, if all other authors agree to > release their data as PD.
The current contributor terms[1] state that “data objects” or the contents of the database will have the Database Content License (DbCL)[2] applied to them. I’m not pro‐PD while overly long copyright (and database right) periods exist (I’d rather see short copyright terms for all, so everything becomes PD after a reasonable amount of time), but the DbCL appears PD‐friendly in the face of copy/database rights in a similar vein to the WTFPL (Do What The Fuck you want to Public License). Individual PD‐like agreement would not have an effect on extraction from the database as a whole, which is what ODbL applies to. [1]: http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Contributor_Terms [2]: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1-0/ Simon -- A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.—John Gall
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