Ed Avis schrieb:
The CC-BY-SA licence does seem to be a lot more straightforward than the ODbL/DbCL combination.
As I understand it, that's because any current CC-BY-SA license does not really cover databases as described by database laws in some jurisdictions, and neither collections of factual information as described in other jurisdictions, while the ODbL/DbCL combination does.
(Although the uncertainty could be mitigated by agreed community norms and agreed interpretations, there isn't any body able to define them: the OSMF cannot grant exemptions from the strict letter of the licence or issue clarifications about what it means, because the OSMF is not the copyright holder.)
Well, IIRC that's exactly one of the points of the CTs, granting the OSMF the right to allow exemptions in some cases.
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