>> I would be very keen to take a leaf out of the GPL world here, and
>license
>> the data under
>> "ODBL 1.0 or later". That means if and when 2.0 comes out (which it
>surely
>> will) the data are automatically
>> covered by the new version. When 2.0 does come out, that changes to "ODBL
>> 2.0 or later" for all new data
>
>I agree completely.
>If we don't do this we will have this mess again in a
>few years.
Or more likely, a few months with ODBL 1.1, which fixes a use case that no-one
thought of. With the best will in the world, it's not going to be perfect first
time round, and just as GPLv3 made late changes as a result of an agreement
between Microsoft and Novell, there could be a legal case somewhere in the
world which highlights the need for a change.
Donald
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