Re: [OSM-talk] License change? (was Re: Google Map Maker - press release)
Simon Huggins wrote: > "they can all use our data in any way they like" > > Did we do the sane thing and relicense under a BSD style license > whilst > I wasn't looking? :) For the avoidance of 9873454567 following mails, could I please point out that a mass-market press release is not meant to give an exhaustive, comprehensive guide to every single bleeding aspect of OSM. Rather, it simplifies the issues for people who have never heard of us before... but should. > Did anything happen on the licensing issues since January? Steve's currently getting an independent review of the proposed licence from a qualified lawyer prior to the next steps. News soon, I hope. cheers Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] License change? (was Re: Google Map Maker - press release)
Hi, >> You can get it in PDF or RTF format at: >> http://svn.openstreetmap.org/misc/pr_material/releases/ > > "they can all use our data in any way they like" > > Did we do the sane thing and relicense under a BSD style license whilst > I wasn't looking? Agreed it would be the sane thing, but 1. you're allowed to lie in press releases and 2. legal-talk is that way -> Bye Frederik ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] License change? (was Re: Google Map Maker - press release)
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:55:09PM +0100, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > You can get it in PDF or RTF format at: > http://svn.openstreetmap.org/misc/pr_material/releases/ "they can all use our data in any way they like" Did we do the sane thing and relicense under a BSD style license whilst I wasn't looking? I thought we still had a license which could for instance force you to give the source to your advert away under the ShareAlike license if the advert contained an OSM derived map thus rendering it mostly useless for small businesses and the people we should be targetting. Did anything happen on the licensing issues since January? -- _[EMAIL PROTECTED] -+*+- fou, con et anglais _ (_) "But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the (_) (_) roads..." - Python (_) \______/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
