Re: [OSM-legal-talk] A really quick poll

2008-11-09 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
Peter Miller schrieb: >> Subject: [Spam] Re: [OSM-legal-talk] A really quick poll >> >> Closing the poll. >> >> The results look like this: >> >> Place no restrictions whatsoever on the use of the map data (Use a >> Public Domain license) >> 41.1%76 >> Ensure that users of the data contribu

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] A really quick poll

2008-11-03 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joseph Gentle schrieb: > Please fill out this poll: > > http://sineltor.selfip.org/osm.php > > > Thanks! > Joseph > - - Don't we have Legal-general for stuff like this now? - - More options would be nice. Having to choose between the current opti

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Explicitly adding some licenses in 4.4 iii

2008-10-28 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
Rob Myers schrieb: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Philipp Klaus Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> One of the main problems with sharealike/copyleft is the large number of >> incompatible licenses. I suggest explicitly adding some important such >> license

[OSM-legal-talk] Explicitly adding some licenses in 4.4 iii

2008-10-27 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
One of the main problems with sharealike/copyleft is the large number of incompatible licenses. I suggest explicitly adding some important such licenses to 4.4 iii, so we don't lock too many other free communities out from using OSM data. At least the most common ones like GPLv2 or later, LGPL, GF

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Making OSM Public domain

2008-10-26 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
Rob Myers schrieb: > Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > >> Copyleft/share-alike seemed like a good idea to me for a long time. >> However the large number of incompatible licenses like GPLv2 only, >> GPLv3, CC-BY-SA fragment the free software/data/etc community and >>

[OSM-legal-talk] License compabiltiy Was: Making OSM Public domain

2008-10-26 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
Rob Myers schrieb: > The trend is toward unifying copyleft licences, with FDL/BY-SA > compatibility still on the cards, GPL3 being more compatible with other > licences, and OSI committed to preventing further licence proliferation. Will the new SA license be compatible with other free licenses? M

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Making OSM Public domain

2008-10-26 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
A Morris schrieb: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 12:36 AM, Joseph Gentle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Some people have different ideas of what 'free' should mean for our maps. >> >> Do you prefer that we: >> (o) Place no restrictions on the use of the map data [link to PD stuff] >> (o) Force anyone u

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] PD vs SA: The eternal battle

2008-10-25 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
Joseph Gentle schrieb: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:06 PM, 80n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I like so view OSM as a cool DIY project, not a political trick we're >>> pulling. >> The problem with PD is that it permits companies to take OSM data, add their >> own data and benefit from result withou