On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > He knows perfectly well, because he has been told a thousand > times, that one of the countries where CC-BY-SA doesn't work for our data is > his country of residence, the USA.
Being told something is not equivalent to knowing it. There is absolutely no evidence that "CC isn't recognised for map data" in the United States. > He has gone on record, multiple times, > saying that he likes the CC-BY-SA precisely because he belives that it > doesn't work. I'm not sure what you mean by the intentionally ambiguous phrase "doesn't work". CC-BY-SA works exactly as intended. In fact, the license even explicitly states its intent: "Nothing in this License is intended to reduce, limit, or restrict any uses free from copyright or rights arising from limitations or exceptions that are provided for in connection with the copyright protection under copyright law or other applicable laws." In any case, my question was what jurisdiction does not recognize CC for map data. > I think my message was entirely in order. Even a newbie could be expected to > read at least a few articles of background on our Wiki before engaging in a > discussion. Anyone reading e.g. > http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Why_CC_BY-SA_is_Unsuitable would > immediately be informed that the USA is one of the countries in which > CC-BY-SA won't work for our data. Again with the intentionally ambiguous phrase "won't work". And again, being told something is not equivalent to knowing it. > As you probably know, Anthony's account on OSM has been terminated because > he openly boasted about violating copyright. That is completely untrue. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
