>Do you really think that the OSMF tries to sue? Given their biggest >license debate stuff is currently 'the license is not appropriate'?
>Worst case it becomes factual data, protected by some local laws or >european dirrective. Sadly the fud is indeed the main issue. +1 Even protected, no one will defend "us", but ourselves. Let's create a fund to pay for license related legal action ;<)))))) After all it is so sad having a license and not be able to enforce it ! Who is willing to contribute, say 5 dollars, to pay some lawyers....just in case. Gert -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org] Namens Stefan de Konink Verzonden: woensdag 4 augustus 2010 16:18 Aan: Joseph Reeves CC: OSM Talk List Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] Death by a thousand nitpicks On Wed, 4 Aug 2010, Joseph Reeves wrote: >> Let's try not to subject OSM data users to death by a thousand >> self-appointed license nitpickers. > > Mapquest, Microsoft and now Nearmap; whenever anybody tries to do > anything with OSM, there's always a license / attribution backlash. > It's really sad, but hopefully largely ignored outside the world of > the talk mailing list. Do you really think that the OSMF tries to sue? Given their biggest license debate stuff is currently 'the license is not appropriate'? Worst case it becomes factual data, protected by some local laws or european dirrective. Sadly the fud is indeed the main issue. Stefan _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
