On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote:
> If we find that 80% of OSMers actually are pro PD then this will not > change the license one bit, but it might perhaps help reduce some > share-alike zealotry and we might interpret some things in a more > relaxed way (and ODbL leaves plenty of room for interpretation, > concerning the big questions of what is substantial, what is a produced > work, and what is a derived database). > Then there definitely should be a "Refuse; and declare as PD", since anyone who truly is "pro-PD" would refuse to accept the draconian terms of the ODbL. The ODbL, with contractual enforcement of provisions beyond copyright law, is extremely anti-PD. Under it, "protection" lasts forever, meaning the database never truly goes into the public domain.
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