[OSM-legal-talk] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Mike Collinson
If you are an OSMF member then you should have received an email about this vote, which contains a URL with which you can access this site. If you have not received an email, first please check your spam folder then, if it still cannot be found, contact the OSMF membership secretary: membership

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2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
Is there a place to post questions? My question is this. Can I agree to the Contributor Terms without agreeing to the contract governing the ODbL. I live in the United States, where factual databases are public domain, and while I have no problem with OSM using my contributions in any way whatso

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-06 Thread Simon Ward
I’ve received the mail, answered the poll, and also the preference poll. In the preference poll, I understand the term “viral license” but ask that people refrain from using that term: It has the implication that it is a bad thing - it may be in some peoples’ minds, but while we’re trying to prev

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2009-12-06 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Simon Ward wrote: > but while we’re > trying to prevent all sides equally Preventing all sides equally is indeed something we're aiming at, with all our hearts ;-) Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" __

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-06 Thread Simon Ward
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 12:43:09AM +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote: > > but while we’re > > trying to prevent all sides equally > > Preventing all sides equally is indeed something we're aiming at, with > all our hearts ;-) Yes, thanks for that. I noticed not long after I sent the mail, but didn’t

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-06 Thread Erik Johansson
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Simon Ward wrote: > alternative term is “reciprocal license”. "Share Alike license" seems like he correct term since that is in our current license. Viral is a weasel word, bellow the belt. ___ legal-talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-07 Thread Simon Ward
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 07:09:30PM +0100, Mike Collinson wrote: > I believe there was a discussion that "viral" does necessarily mean > "reciprocal", hence the use of the word. I'll check tomorrow if no one else > comes back. If you get down to various meanings already documented in English, nei