Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-09 Thread Morten Kjeldgaard
Frederik Ramm wrote: I also tend to side with Creative Commons. It is not very wise of ODbL proponents to claim that CC say that CC-BY-SA doesn't work for data without also admitting that CC recommend CC0 for data. Allow me a clarifying question in the midst of this interesting debate. It

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-09 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: Making those nodes and ways, the users employ their judgement and knowledge about the landscape, as in I don't trust the the GPS track around here because of trees and tall buildings, or I'll place a POI there because I know it's a pretty good pizza place. I'll

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-09 Thread 80n
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: Making those nodes and ways, the users employ their judgement and knowledge about the landscape, as in I don't trust the the GPS track around here because of trees and tall buildings,

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-09 Thread Anthony
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: I would argue that the latter is creative works and not under the category considered by the CC to be data? This is a hotly debated issue. And likely will remain so indefinitely. I don't

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-09 Thread Dave F.
SteveC wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis wrote: SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-09 Thread Dave Stubbs
Have you seen this? http://www.osmfoundation.org/images/3/3c/License_Proposal.pdf Under the section 'So what should I do?' 'Refuse', it says: Your contributions will not be deleted Yet if you click on the link to the backup plan

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Ed Avis
John Smith deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com writes: If GPLv3 was inspired by Tivo, I think this license is somewhat inspired by Google and other commercial mapping companies, who have a habbit of sucking in all the data they can get their hands on and not giving anything back. Google have recently

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Ed Avis
Richard Fairhurst richard at systemed.net writes: Under CC-BY-SA, attribution and share-alike are required when you distribute OSM data, or a derivative of it. They are not required, of course, if you don't distribute the data. If I write a program that downloads planet.osm to my hard disc, then

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread John Smith
2009/12/8 Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com: John Smith deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com writes: If GPLv3 was inspired by Tivo, I think this license is somewhat inspired by Google and other commercial mapping companies, who have a habbit of sucking in all the data they can get their hands on and not giving

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote: John Smith deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com writes: If GPLv3 was inspired by Tivo, I think this license is somewhat inspired by Google and other commercial mapping companies, who have a habbit of sucking in all the data they can

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Sebastian Hohmann
Anthony schrieb: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: However, one thing you should perhaps consider is this argument of project sanity: We're all in this together. It's no good having a license that has different effects in different countries. And

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: I don't know about that legal stuff in detail, but I agree that CC0 would probably be the best licence. If OSM won't go and really try to sue people, why protect the data? And why protect the data at all?

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:22 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: I don't know about that legal stuff in detail, but I agree that CC0 would probably be the best licence. If OSM won't go and really try to sue people, why protect the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:22 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: I don't know about that legal stuff in detail, but I agree that CC0 would probably be the best licence. If OSM won't go and

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: doesn't apply to Geodata. Because...? Factual data. What you are attempting to enforce is the viral effect, which directly is what you also try to overcome... Stefan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:43 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:22 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: I don't know about that legal stuff in detail, but I agree

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: doesn't apply to Geodata. Because...? Factual data. What you are attempting to enforce is the viral effect, which directly is what you also try to overcome... So I

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:43 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:22 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: I don't know

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:54 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: doesn't apply to Geodata. Because...? Factual data. What you are attempting to enforce is the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: So I can't license data because it's factual? You cannot /copyright/ the data because it is factual. A license for what you couldn't /copyright/ in the first place is not an analogy of GPL vs BSD. Anyway, back on planet Earth,

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:54 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: doesn't apply to Geodata. Because...? Factual

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:04 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Anthony wrote: There's no reason to license data if it's factual. You're jumping from your pseudo-legal argument to your moral argument. It would help you if you separated them. It'd help if you

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: So I can't license data because it's factual? You cannot /copyright/ the data because it is factual. A license for what you couldn't /copyright/ in the first place is

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:04 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Anthony wrote: There's no reason to license data if it's factual. You're jumping from your pseudo-legal argument to your moral argument. It would

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: SteveC schreef: So I can't license data because it's factual? You cannot /copyright/ the data because it is factual. A license for what you couldn't /copyright/ in the first place is not an analogy of GPL vs BSD. Why not?

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:17 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: SteveC schreef: So I can't license data because it's factual? You cannot /copyright/ the data because it is factual. A license for what you couldn't /copyright/ in the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:08 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: You're on the BSD side, morally. I'm on the GPL side. I know you weren't referring to me when you said that, but I get the impression you think that's my position as well. Here's the thing. I'm not on the BSD side, morally.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. Morally, I want my data to be SA. CC-BY-SA, to be specific. Well that doesn't work, and

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Anyone that traces their trails might think this action is creative. If that was as creative as writing a computer program or an algorithm[1] that did this for you... then one probably understand that one is not making a

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. Morally, I want my data

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. The legal points you make are just supporting cases that you're cherry picking to help you. I don't *morally* want PD, I *morally* want

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:44 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote:

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:44 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Ed Avis wrote: Google have recently started using their own set of map data for the USA. If it were possible for them to take OSM data under the current licence they would have done so. This suggests that the current share-alike provisions are working as intended. No, it suggests that our

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: You asked why it doesn't work, and there is a wealth of information on the list and the wiki... There are a lot of claims on the list and the wiki that CC-BY-SA doesn't work, but that doesn't make them true. The only plausibly

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: You asked why it doesn't work, and there is a wealth of information on the list and the wiki... There are a lot of claims on the list and the wiki that CC-BY-SA doesn't work, but

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: You asked why it doesn't work, and there is a wealth of information on the list and the wiki... There are a lot of claims on the list and the wiki that CC-BY-SA

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:57 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Trevor, let me guess that you feel people with actual law degrees like the two that helped the LWG are wrong and you are right based on your 6th sense? Who's Trevor? I do feel that some people with actual law degrees are

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Ed Avis wrote: Richard Fairhurst richard at systemed.net writes: In other words: If you want to use OSM data without attribution or share-alike, you may do so by distributing the program that makes the derivative, rather than the derivative itself. Right. Of course it is up to the user of

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. The legal points you make are just supporting cases that you're cherry picking to help

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Liz
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, SteveC wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. Morally, I want my data to be SA. CC-BY-SA, to be

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:57 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Trevor, let me guess that you feel people with actual law degrees like the two that helped the LWG are wrong and you are right based on your 6th sense? Who's

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: You asked why it doesn't work, and there is a wealth of information on the list and the wiki... There are a lot of

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:01 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:57 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Trevor, let me guess that you feel people with actual law degrees like the two that helped the LWG are wrong and you are right based on your 6th sense? Who's Trevor? My pet troll,

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: In my opinion, CC-BY-SA, like the GPL (which states it explicitly) is intended to guarantee your freedom, not to take away your freedom. I should add the phrase to share and change the works.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:11 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: troll trolly troll troll How can I argue with such erudite points? We're now in the land of relativism where to make a point I have to go and collect quotes from lawyers, which you probably won't believe anyway, when

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:57 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Trevor, let me guess that you feel people with actual law degrees like the two that helped the LWG are wrong and you are

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Liz wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, SteveC wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. Morally, I want

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:15 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Anthony wrote: CC-BY-SA doesn't work is not the kind of statement I think some people with actual law degrees are any more qualified to answer than anyone else anyway. Not until you define what it

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Anthony wrote: I never said someone with a law degree would never make such a statement. I said they are no more qualified to make such a statement than anyone else. So let me get this straight, lawyers are not more qualified to make legal arguments than anyone

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:21 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Anthony wrote: I never said someone with a law degree would never make such a statement. I said they are no more qualified to make such a statement than anyone else. So let me get this straight,

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Liz
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, SteveC wrote: Well that doesn't work, Why doesn't it work? See legal-talk ad nauseum. I've read the whole lot, over an 18 month period of time, and there is no proof that CC-by-SA doesn't work simplification of the argument does not assist anyone. It may not protect

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:21 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Anthony wrote: I never said someone with a law degree would never make such a statement. I said they are no more qualified to make

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: It is however quite stupid to think that only 265 people care enough about their data to be worth a vote The vote isn't about their data, though. Each person individually will be able to choose what to do with their data.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Liz wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, SteveC wrote: Well that doesn't work, Why doesn't it work? See legal-talk ad nauseum. I've read the whole lot, over an 18 month period of time, and there is no proof that CC-by-SA doesn't work I've not seen anything proving

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: It is however quite stupid to think that only 265 people care enough about their data to be worth a vote The vote isn't about their data, though. Each person

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: It is however quite stupid to think that only 265 people care enough about their data to be worth a vote The vote isn't

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do so? Stefan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:36 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: It is however quite stupid to think that only 265 people

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do so? to do what, relicense? Exactly; if

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:54 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: So you really are saying the LWG / OSMF should just ignore everyone and change the license? What do you mean change the license? Isn't your position that CC-BY-SA is invalid in the first place? The OSMF doesn't need permission

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Peteris Krisjanis
SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do so? to do what, relicense? Exactly; if your statement is sound. CC-BY-SA doesn't protect

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis pec...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, you can call him a troll, but I agree I so far haven't heard sound arguments why CC-BY-SA doesn't work and what work actually means. Doesn't work for Cloudmade? I think you hit the nail on the head.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis wrote: SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do so? to do what, relicense?

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2009-12-08 Thread Frederik Ramm
Stefan, Stefan de Konink wrote: Exactly; if your statement is sound. CC-BY-SA doesn't protect us, thus doesn't protect us against ourselves, thus OSMF could declare the data today as ODbL, and wait to get sued by the editors that doesn't like this change, if the CC-BY-SA holds the relicense

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis pec...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, you can call him a troll, but I agree I so far haven't heard sound arguments why CC-BY-SA doesn't work and what work actually means. Doesn't work for Cloudmade? I

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2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Why don't you do it then, try and fork to CC0 or PD with planet.osm ? Because I'm not convinced that CC-BY-SA won't hold ;) Especially related some recent cases over here with the claim This was our intention the intention for OSM

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2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:15 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis pec...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, you can call him a troll, but I agree I so far haven't heard sound arguments why CC-BY-SA doesn't

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2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Why don't you do it then, try and fork to CC0 or PD with planet.osm ? Because I'm not convinced that CC-BY-SA won't hold ;) So if IP lawyers cannot convince you, who or

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2009-12-08 Thread Peteris Krisjanis
2009/12/8 SteveC st...@asklater.com: On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis wrote: SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do

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2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi Frederik, Frederik Ramm schreef: Stefan de Konink wrote: Exactly; if your statement is sound. CC-BY-SA doesn't protect us, thus doesn't protect us against ourselves, thus OSMF could declare the data today as ODbL, and wait to get sued by the

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2009-12-08 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis pec...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, you can call him a troll, but I agree I so far haven't heard sound arguments why CC-BY-SA "doesn't work" and what "work" actually means. Doesn't work for Cloudmade? I think you hit the nail

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2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Why don't you do it then, try and fork to CC0 or PD with planet.osm ? Because I'm not convinced

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2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Apollinaris Schoell ascho...@gmail.comwrote: Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis pec...@gmail.comwrote: Anyway, you can call him a troll, but I agree I so far haven't heard sound arguments why CC-BY-SA doesn't work and what work

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2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Why don't you do it then, try and fork to CC0 or PD with planet.osm ? Because I'm not convinced that

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2009-12-07 Thread SteveC
On Dec 6, 2009, at 1:48 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: Well, you may think Creative Commons is stupid, but I hope others will give them a chance and listen to what they have to say. I think they will, considering that Creative

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2009-12-07 Thread SteveC
On Dec 6, 2009, at 2:03 AM, 80n wrote: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Stefan de Konink ste...@konink.de wrote: Matt Amos schreef: we're talking about moving to another license with very similar requirements, but a

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2009-12-07 Thread Ed Avis
SteveC steve at asklater.com writes: With a gun at their head: Refuse: After the migration (currently 26th February 2010), your contributions will not be included in ODbL licensed downloads and you will not be able to continue contributing.. If you call this a vote, then we have pretty

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2009-12-07 Thread Ed Avis
SteveC steve at asklater.com writes: It is not very wise of ODbL proponents to claim that CC say that CC-BY-SA doesn't work for data without also admitting that CC recommend CC0 for data. Personally I don't because the former is a legal opinion and the latter is a moral crusade opinion.

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2009-12-07 Thread SteveC
On Dec 7, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Ed Avis wrote: SteveC steve at asklater.com writes: With a gun at their head: Refuse: After the migration (currently 26th February 2010), your contributions will not be included in ODbL licensed downloads and you will not be able to continue contributing..

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2009-12-06 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: Well, you may think Creative Commons is stupid, but I hope others will give them a chance and listen to what they have to say. I think they will, considering that Creative Commons is well known and respected, compared to Open

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2009-12-06 Thread 80n
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Stefan de Konink ste...@konink.de wrote: Matt Amos schreef: we're talking about moving to another license with very similar requirements, but a different implementation, and that's not

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2009-12-06 Thread Patrick Kilian
Hi all, I live in the United States. I can do whatever the heck I want with the OSM database. Now you want me to agree to a contract limiting those rights. So I'll ask again: What's in it for me? My data. The streets I mapped. The trails I mapped. The POIs I mapped. The Indonesian islands

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2009-12-06 Thread Frederik Ramm
Anthony, Anthony wrote: I looked at the license and I said Why are they bothering with this crap? It's not like this stuff is copyrightable in the first place. Well, I guess that this stuff is protected by some laws in some jurisdictions, so CC-BY-SA is useful for waiving those rights in

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2009-12-06 Thread Lester Caine
SteveC wrote: Oh we have those people though, matt is calm, rational and diligently replying to the concerns. Note its mostly misunderstood or ignored by people like 80n. That frees me to lose my temper with the passive aggressive lot who just want to screw everything up and can't work

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2009-12-06 Thread Mike Collinson
At 10:26 PM 5/12/2009, Ian Dees wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: If you are an OSMF member then you should have received an email about this vote, which contains a URL with which you can access this site. If you have not received an email, first please

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2009-12-06 Thread Mike Collinson
At 01:58 AM 6/12/2009, John Smith wrote: 2009/12/6 Shaun McDonald sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk: The License Working Group has spent months, well probably nearer years, on the license change. They know one heck of a lot more about legal systems than myself. They are people that I trust. Therefore

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2009-12-06 Thread Richard Fairhurst
80n wrote: You've spent many many hours studying the licensing issues and claim to have a deep understanding of the issues. If CC BY-SA is as broken as you claim it is then Google, Navteq, Teleatlas and many others would all have helped themselves to our data by now. You can't continue

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2009-12-06 Thread 80n
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.netwrote: 80n wrote: You've spent many many hours studying the licensing issues and claim to have a deep understanding of the issues. If CC BY-SA is as broken as you claim it is then Google, Navteq, Teleatlas and many

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2009-12-06 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: However, one thing you should perhaps consider is this argument of project sanity: We're all in this together. It's no good having a license that has different effects in different countries. And that is one of the

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2009-12-06 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:12 AM, Patrick Kilian o...@petschge.de wrote: Hi all, I live in the United States. I can do whatever the heck I want with the OSM database. Now you want me to agree to a contract limiting those rights. So I'll ask again: What's in it for me? My data. The

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2009-12-06 Thread Matt Amos
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 9:03 AM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: You can't continue to claim that CC BY-SA is broken without some evidence of our data being abused.  Put up or shut up, please. Show us the evidence of license abuse please.

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2009-12-06 Thread Dave F.
Shalabh wrote: Steve, I have to agree with John. Fence sitter or not, Ulf has raised a point which has not been answered till now. More importantly, mappers like me who contribute everyday and are not part of OSMF have no clue about what this is. Now that this discussion is so openly in

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2009-12-06 Thread Patrick Kilian
I live in the United States. I can do whatever the heck I want with the OSM database. Now you want me to agree to a contract limiting those rights. So I'll ask again: What's in it for me? My data. The streets I mapped. The trails I mapped. The POIs I mapped. The Indonesian islands I

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2009-12-06 Thread Peteris Krisjanis
It is clear that we all have different opinions about this license change. However, I would like to hear down-to-earth explaining what and how will happen when license change kicks in? How OSMF will work with contributors to get their data converted? How they will try to convince them? etc. If it

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