On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Brendan Morley <morb....@beagle.com.au> wrote: > Maybe I missed something in the discussion but... > > Why must there be migration to the new licence?
mainly because the current license doesn't work. that is; in some jurisdictions it isn't able to enforce the attribution and share-alike features that most people expect. that's not the only reason, and you can find more information here: http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/File:License_Proposal.pdf http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Why_CC_BY-SA_is_Unsuitable http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License > Why can't we run both indefinitely? for the same reason that, if your front door is broken and won't lock, you don't just double-lock your back door ;-) cheers, matt _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
