[OSM-talk] Why are some companies in favour of PD? (was: ...licences discussion more inclusive)

2010-07-19 Thread Ed Avis
SteveC steve at asklater.com writes: The companies I talk to today come down in to two camps on PD. The first basically lick their lips and want us to go PD so they don't have to contribute anything (in effect make their business easier) Hang on a minute. Weren't we all told that the current

Re: [OSM-talk] Why are some companies in favour of PD? (was: ...licences discussion more inclusive)

2010-07-19 Thread John Smith
On 19 July 2010 22:02, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote: they can get away with) think twice before appropriating OSM data, what is the evidence for the claim that the current licence is broken? I think SteveC mentioned Nike, but how's that different from someone in breach of GPL, didn't anyone