Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] The OSM licence: where we are, where we're going

2008-01-09 Thread Richard Fairhurst
rob wrote: Quoting Tom Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On the face it claims to work in those jurisdictions via contract law, but what is not clear to me is how you require people to enter into that contract. Yes this is my concern about the ODL. The GPL for example is a license not a contract

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] The OSM licence: where we are, where we're going

2008-01-09 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Not to protect OSM from a bad project, but to protect people from a bad instance of the data. Sounds like you're targetting individuals whom you do not trust to make an informed choice. I know that there are whole schools of philosophy reliant on the we know better what is good for

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] The OSM licence: where we are, where we're going

2008-01-09 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Hi again, Rob and Frederik - I don't think it's too much of a leap to say that you're never going to convince each other. ;) A note on consultation and community might be helpful. As the Foundation we are, of course, keeping track of the different strands of opinion within the community