On 18 July 2010 12:36, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > I sent an email to Nearmap today to clarify about licensing of derived > data, the gist of the response was they won't accept anything less > than a share alike license, while the ODBL may be compatible, the new > Contributor Terms (CTs) aren't so on top of all the cc-by data going > bye bye, all the Nearmap data will disappear as well. >
Why would the CC-BY data go "bye bye"? The Licensing Working Group is still working with the lawyer regarding this and as far as I know nobody with any legal sense has made any statement why CC-BY would be a problem under OdbL. And regardless... I used a PD data sets for creating the OSM coastline of Africa. It took me 3 months in 2006. I imagine if for example the much quoted CC-BY coastline of Australia was removed tomorrow it could be rebuilt within a week from new data with community assistance. Yes I am aware there are other CC-BY imported datasets too. *snip* > I wish I could be more optimistic but at this stage I doubt that the > CTs will be updated to accommodate us or anyone else in our position. > John care to join us on the Licensing Working Group calls? Or alternatively let us know what should be changed. Maybe we can adjust time to better suit your timezone. / Grant _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
