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 anyone to do so? >>>>>> >>>>> to do what, relicense? >>>>> >>>> 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 has just been made a >>>> copyright infringement and therefore wasn't required in the first place. >>>> >>> So you really are saying the LWG / OSMF should just ignore everyone and >>> change the license? >>> >>> I think it's better to build a consensus and vote and so on personally, >>> even with all the ups and downs. >>> >> Steve, >> >> I think he wanted to point ironical situation that you claim that >> CC-BY-SA doesn't work. So, it doesn't work, there are workarounds, >> let's use this workaround to relicense everything to ODbL :) >> >> 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? Doesn't work for community? Doesn't >> what? And please, don't refer to old mailing list posts, explain it in >> your words, because it is different disscussion and different >> situation. >> > > 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 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Backup_Plan on the first line it says "As part of the move to the Open Data License <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License> it will be necessary to remove or hide those edits which have not been re-licensed. Could you explain the apparent contradiction please? Cheers Dave F. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
