On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > > pec...@gmail.com wrote: > >> License is fine. It is CT which in fact still allows OSMF to change >> data license to any other "free license" (which could be strip "share >> alike" and "attribution" requirements) what blocks usage. In fact, >> there is NO license which allows such CT to coexist. Only PD, and >> that's even not working in all countries. >> > > I'm sure that if, at any time in the future, the OSM license needs to be > changed, it will be into something that works in all countries. > > We don't know if it will ever be necessary; we don't know what that license > might be; we don't even know which countries will be around then and what > their legal systems will look like. Think long-term! This is not a clause > aimed at next year. > > > I know that ODbL team talked about changing description of "free >> license", but I don't see any official statements about that. I'm >> afraid that PDists got their way all over again. >> > > ODbL is not a PD license, so you do not have to be afraid. As for the > distant future - we don't know who will be in OSM then, what their > preferences will be, and wheter you and I will be alive then. I think it is > ok to let those who *then* run OSM decide, instead of trying to force onto > them what we today think is right. > I think the problem with this idea is that it opens the door for carpetbaggers[1]. The purpose of share-alike licenses is to prevent the freeness of people's contributions from *ever* being hijacked. I, for one, certainly want to ensure that whoever runs OSM at some indeterminate point in the future can not pervert the principle on which I made my contributions. Anything less is unacceptable and is disrespectful to those who built OSM in the first place. 80n [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpetbagger#United_Kingdom > > And legal-talk is that way ---> > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-t...@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk >
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