Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Noise vs unanswered questions

2010-09-02 Thread 80n
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:55 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Sep 1, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Liz wrote: The complete lack of any arguments left in the brains of the pro-ODbL lobby shows in the complete falling apart of any discussion on this list, with previously thoughtful people

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

2010-09-02 Thread Francis Davey
On 2 September 2010 02:25, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Francis Davey fjm...@gmail.com wrote: maps are expressly treated as artistic works by s.4(2)(a) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (to give a UK perspective). Pretty much the same thing in the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Noise vs unanswered questions

2010-09-02 Thread jh
Am 02.09.2010 09:49, schrieb Florian Lohoff: On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 03:55:15PM -0600, SteveC wrote: Um, no, just all the smart people are kind of bored by you and your friends so we don't participate in the mindless circular 'debates' you engender any more. So all we have left on the list is

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

2010-09-02 Thread Rob Myers
On 09/02/2010 05:09 AM, Eric Jarvies wrote: On Sep 1, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Anthony wrote: If ODbL were CC-BY-SA for databases, I'd be in favor of it. +1 ODbL *is* share-alike for databases, with attribution. What it isn't is share-alike for produced works. Even BY-SA doesn't cover

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

2010-09-02 Thread Richard Fairhurst
(Replying to two messages at once as they seem related) Anthony wrote: But it's quite a leap from some databases (e.g. white pages) are non-copyrightable in some jurisdictions and databases are non-copyrightable. In fact, I'd say it's quite plainly false. Oh, absolutely. Copyright and

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Noise vs unanswered questions

2010-09-02 Thread TimSC
On 01/09/10 22:55, SteveC wrote: On Sep 1, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Liz wrote: The complete lack of any arguments left in the brains of the pro-ODbL lobby shows in the complete falling apart of any discussion on this list, with previously thoughtful people concentrating on personal attacks on

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Noise vs unanswered questions

2010-09-02 Thread Richard Fairhurst
TimSC wrote: I would have hoped the guy who established moderation on the lists would have thought to avoid insulting people. Will the other moderators do their job or just rally round Steve, regardless what he says on the list? There are no other moderators. Apart from Steve's

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Noise vs unanswered questions

2010-09-02 Thread Rob Myers
On 09/02/2010 11:24 AM, TimSC wrote: 1) How is the future direction of OSM determined? Community consensus? OSMF committees with OSMF votes? Something else? Consensus decision making doesn't mean a 100% plebiscite vote or minority veto power. It means an honest attempt to converge on a

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Noise vs unanswered questions

2010-09-02 Thread Maarten Deen
On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:39:11 +0100, Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org wrote: On 09/02/2010 11:24 AM, TimSC wrote: 1) How is the future direction of OSM determined? Community consensus? OSMF committees with OSMF votes? Something else? Consensus decision making doesn't mean a 100% plebiscite vote

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Noise vs unanswered questions

2010-09-02 Thread Rob Myers
On 09/02/2010 12:55 PM, TimSC wrote: The question I was asking was primarily about HOW we reach that consensus, which you did not address. If you had specifically answered my questions, it would have helped. My understanding (such as it is) of how OSM works comes from having watched it

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

2010-09-02 Thread Anthony
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:40 AM, Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org wrote: On 09/02/2010 05:09 AM, Eric Jarvies wrote: On Sep 1, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Anthony wrote: If ODbL were CC-BY-SA for databases, I'd be in favor of it. +1 ODbL *is* share-alike for databases, with attribution. What it isn't

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Noise vs unanswered questions

2010-09-02 Thread Maarten Deen
Rob Myers wrote: On 09/02/2010 12:55 PM, TimSC wrote: The question I was asking was primarily about HOW we reach that consensus, which you did not address. If you had specifically answered my questions, it would have helped. My understanding (such as it is) of how OSM works comes from having

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

2010-09-02 Thread Rob Myers
On 09/02/2010 04:00 PM, Anthony wrote: On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:40 AM, Rob Myersr...@robmyers.org wrote: ODbL *is* share-alike for databases, with attribution. What it isn't is share-alike for produced works. And what it also isn't, is CC-BY-SA for databases. It provides attribution and

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

2010-09-02 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Anthony wrote: Given your arguments on this list, I'd guess you're quite prepared to believe anything that might help prevent you from admitting that you are wrong. At this point the argument has departed from factual/philosophical to ad hominems, so I'll bow out. To anyone who's listened,

[OSM-legal-talk] Fwd: Two questions to LWG

2010-09-02 Thread SteveC
Its quite incredible that you can't be bothered to read the output of the LWG but are quite happy to make demands of them. They're volunteers just like the rest of us. Have fun, Steve | stevecoast.com On Sep 2, 2010, at 5:52 AM, TimSC mappingli...@sheerman-chase.org.uk wrote: To LWG,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Noise vs unanswered questions

2010-09-02 Thread David Groom
- Original Message - From: Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org To: legal-talk@openstreetmap.org Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Noise vs unanswered questions On 09/02/2010 04:16 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: There was some discussion on how the group

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Fwd: Re: Two questions to LWG

2010-09-02 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
On 2 Sep 2010, at 4:52 , TimSC wrote: To LWG, cc legal talk You have not provided an acknowledgement of my recent emails of 11th Aug, 18th Aug (beyond Grant's message of 27th July). Obviously, you are busy but I also don't have time to keep going through my emails and your minutes to

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Fwd: Re: Two questions to LWG

2010-09-02 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 2 September 2010 12:52, TimSC mappingli...@sheerman-chase.org.uk wrote: To LWG, cc legal talk You have not provided an acknowledgement of my recent emails of 11th Aug, 18th Aug (beyond Grant's message of 27th July). Obviously, you are busy but I also don't have time to keep going

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

2010-09-02 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Anthony wrote: C'mon, that's what weak copyleft means. Not viral for some types of derived works. If that is indeed the definition of weak copyleft - and I'd like you to cite a source on that - then we're changing from one sort of weak copyleft license to another sort of weak copyleft

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

2010-09-02 Thread Anthony
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org wrote: So BY-SA is not reciprocal in every use case at every conceptual level of abstraction either. And there are cases where this doesn't fit people's expectations, notably in illustration (photographic and otherwise) as I've said.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

2010-09-02 Thread Anthony
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, Anthony wrote: C'mon, that's what weak copyleft means.  Not viral for some types of derived works. If that is indeed the definition of weak copyleft - and I'd like you to cite a source on that - then we're

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Would The ODbL and BY-SA Clash In A Database Extracted From a BY-SA Produced Work?

2010-09-02 Thread Anthony
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org wrote: So when you extract the data, you have not extracted anything that is covered by BY-SA. Any database you create as a result is therefore not covered by BY-SA, so the ODbL applies without clashing. And the user knows this