On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Ed Avis <e...@waniasset.com> wrote: > Simon Poole <simon <at> poole.ch> writes: > >>The "upgrade clause" in 4.b of CC-by-SA 2.0 >> >>a) only applies to a Derivative Work. While this is only a small hurdle >>to surmount, it does mean that it doesn't apply to a one-to-one copy of >>the work >> >>b) is a right granted to the the licensee. If we assume the popular >>"every mapper has IPR in his contribution and licenses that to the OSMF" >>pre-CT construction is correct, this implies that while the OSMF could >>distribute the database under a later licence, the relationship between >>mapper and OSMF would still be stuck with CC-by-SA 2.0 with all the >>related issues. > > Are there any problems with CC-BY-SA 2.0 relating specifically to the > contribution of content by individual mappers to the OSMF servers? > Are you worried that individual mappers have not transferred their sui > generis database rights, or something else? > > Other collaborative projects such as Wikipedia must face the same issues. > It's hard to believe they need to get every contributor's permission in order > to do a licence upgrade. (Indeed the Wikipedia transition from GFDL to > GFDL-or-CC was done using an upgrade clause in the former licence.) > Well, this is really a topic for legal talk, So I will post there.
I dont believe the boogyman statements that are being used to motivate the license change. I dont see the need for speed in this process. from my point of view, There is no real reason for the re-licensing that convinces me, no burning need. But there has been a decision by a minority and they are pushing this through. my personal opinion is that people are trying to cash in on OSM and need to change the license to be more liberal to do so. The upgrading process for CC is pretty simple, you change the default license and every update relicenses that bit. You can use ccv2 in your ccv3 document and you can switch over pretty simply. mike _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
