On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Ed Avis <e...@waniasset.com> wrote: > Just a note to say that it is not universally agreed that the ODbL is > "free and open". I don't consider it to be a free licence because of the > contract-law provisions. However I seem to be in a very small minority > (perhaps a minority of one) on this point so I don't bang on about it *too* > often > these days.
I've started a discussion of this at http://freedomdefined.org/Talk:Open_Database_License Specifically, I question whether or not ODbL satisfies the second criterion: [quote]The freedom to study the work and apply the information: The licensee must be allowed to examine the work and to use the knowledge gained from the work in any way. The license may not, for example, restrict "reverse engineering".[/quote] _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
