On 28 May 2012 21:42, ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen <g.grem...@cetest.nl> wrote: ... > Why is there no tool for checking on copy paste copyright infringement…
Copying and pasting is not a copyright infringement. The Contributor Terms don't require that the data inserted into the database be compatible with ODbL -- only the current licensing terms, which still means CC-By-SA. Otherwise many many normal edits would also constitute an infringement. The infringement will occur if the OSM Foundation decides to publish the database under the ODbL based on the CT-acceptance. The problem has been discussed many times on the legal-talk@ list, most of the times with the same conclusion, including opinions by a copyright lawyer. The LWG hasn't reacted as far as I've seen. Neither has any recent part of the license change process been legally reviewed, as far as I know again. Cheers _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
