Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Future relicensing in the contributor terms and data imports

2010-08-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, David Dean wrote: I'm a little worried about the impact of the Contributor Terms have on the ability of OpenStreetMap users to import data. The Contributor Terms don't explicitly mention importing at all, and seem to be focused on the user-as-mapper rather than the user-as-data-importer.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Is CC-BY-SA is compatible with ODbL - a philosophical point

2010-08-23 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
andrzej zaborowski balr...@... writes: That's what I think the plan is. However it is made very difficult by the fact that those data providers most likely chose their SA licenses in order to be able to use any improvements made on top of their data, which we are planning to very soon make

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] New license for business: meh

2010-08-23 Thread Robert Kaiser
Frederik Ramm schrieb: And as for me being a key player - I am writing a lot on the lists, I am mapping a bit, I have written some software, and I am on the data working group. Actually, the good thing of making in some way a job out of your hobby enables you to do that. And for me, as just

[OSM-legal-talk] Are the Contributor Terms Irrevocable?

2010-08-23 Thread 80n
I'm curious about the meaning of the word irrevocable in the contributor terms. Having examined a number of licenses that grant a similar range of rights (worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual) none of them include irrevocability. They also all contain a termination section that is

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Are the Contributor Terms Irrevocable?

2010-08-23 Thread Francis Davey
On 23 August 2010 19:58, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: I'm curious about the meaning of the word irrevocable in the contributor terms. Having examined a number of licenses that grant a similar range of rights (worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual) none of them include

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Are the Contributor Terms Irrevocable?

2010-08-23 Thread 80n
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Francis Davey fjm...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 August 2010 19:58, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: I'm curious about the meaning of the word irrevocable in the contributor terms. Having examined a number of licenses that grant a similar range of rights