On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote:
> Anthony wrote: > >> Actually, I was planning on doing exactly this with a map of my office on >> the back of my business card. I'm not about to start handing out CDs along >> with my business cards. >> > > I think you are only required to hand out the database on which your > rendering is based. And it doesn't even have to be the database at the time; > you can hand out a current version. And you don't even have to hand it out > fully, it is enough to hand out a diff to the original data if that is still > available. So if you took OSM data and didn't change it (which I think is > likely), then your diff is empty, and all you have to do is point people to > planet.openstreetmap.org if anyone should ever ask you for the data. And if I did change it (I plan to - there are some features I want to show which aren't supported by OSM tags)? I guess I could get away with hosting a website which contains the data, and printing the url of that website. But even that is too much of a pain. > > The other big problem is that I just don't have the time or money to >> figure out *exactly* what the ODbL means. And Open Data Commons is just not >> anyone I've ever heard of (and Creative Commons, who *is* someone I've heard >> of, and respect the legal opinion of, has torn apart the ODbL). >> > > I wouldn't exactly say "torn apart". I would, and I did. "The ODbL Fails to Promote Legal Predictability and Certainty Over Use of Databases" "The ODbL Is Complex and Difficult for Non-Lawyers to Understand and Apply" Now you're saying I should ignore that, and just sign away. Maybe I would if I thought I could derive some significant benefit from it. But if the only benefit is that I get the privilege of contributing to OSM, no thanks. I'll take my mapping elsewhere. I haven't decided, but I'll probably even grant y'all the permission to use my previous contributions without any restrictions whatsoever. I don't have a problem with that. What I have a problem with is agreeing to the ODbL.
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