Having finally finished trawling through talk and legal talk for the last couple of weeks (there's a few hours of my life I'll never get back), I noticed people are talking about having multiple accounts to dodge the new CT's (and possibly the ODbL).
Is it possible to agree to two sets of terms that conflict? The CT's don't (as far as I can tell) relate to the account you create, but rather relate to you as an individual. So by agreeing to one set of CT's you can't magically have a second agreement (or account) in place that isn't bound by the last set of contributor terms you agreed to. That would tend to imply that it's not actually possible to have a CC-By and an ODbL account at the same time. Or maybe I'm just reading it wrong (there has been a flood of email to catch up on). Doesn't bother me either way particularly - I may be one of very few members of the Australian contingent that hasn't used the NearMap imagery... Matt (On a side note, while I agree that having a decent and workable license is important, some people seem to think that it is magically going to stop license violations. In my experience, having enjoyed immensely the occasional legal stoush over licensing and contracts, the only thing that stops license violations is money, and lots of it - preferably enough to ensure you can bankrupt the opposing party, or at least enough to make it look like you could. If a large corporation is going to ignore the license terms, they will, and there will be sweet FA OSM(F) can do about it legally unless they have some very rich aunts. On the other hand, there's plenty you can do outside the legal system to name and shame, which is probably more effective anyway.)
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