su, 2008-05-04 kello 15:40 +0200, Mike Collinson kirjoitti: > At 01:33 PM 4/05/2008, Ari Torhamo wrote: > >la, 2008-05-03 kello 17:39 -0400, Ted Mielczarek kirjoitti: > > > >> Why else are we contributing > >> this data if not for people to *use* it? > > > >I suggest you go and present this breath taking argument to RMS, and we > >might soon get an updated, more free version of GPL. > > > >Ari > > The GPL works very well as it already allows folks to *use* software with no > restriction on what they make with that use. > > Adding something new to GPL software source code is clearly different from > using existing GPL software to do something new. That distinction is far > from clear when using collations of facts like OSM data. So a different > model is required. The PD argument is a very easy and elegant solution, but > it makes some contributors very uncomfortable. The new license being worked > on seeks to make a, hopefully, comprehensible distinction for factual data.
OK, thanks for explaining this. I was actually just responding to sarcasm that I didn't like, but perhaps I could have been more educated doing it :-) (or perhaps it would be best that we weren't sarcastic to each other at all). Ari _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
