Hi Micheal, On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 6:47 PM, Michael Reichert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Vincent, > > Am 01.11.2017 um 11:25 schrieb Vincent Frison: > > I must admit that I do not understand much. > > > > I thought importing data that was already under ODbL was the perfect case > > since it is the license of OSM. > > > > I have already imported > > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Paris,_France/ > Buildings_Heights_Import> 2 > > years ago the height of the buildings of Paris which were also under ODbL > > license. > > > > I do not understand the problem for a possible re-licensing that would > > become impossible because of an ODbL import... while the entire OSM DB is > > itself in ODbL ! In short I am completely confused :) > > The OSM Foundation can change the license under which OpenStreetMap data > is distributed. A 2/3 majority vote of the active contributors is > necessary. Even if you voted against such a license change, the data you > uploaded will be distributed under the new license because you agreed to > the Contributor Terms when either joined them or during the last license > change. If we import third-party data which is not licensed under the > OSM Contributor Terms, we have to run the Redaction Bot on the import if > the license of the source is incompatible with the new license. > > You can read the OSM Contributor Terms at > https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Contributor_Terms > What you says applies to every import not PD, CC0 or PDDL licensed, as stated here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/ODbL_Compatibility <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/ODbL_Compatibility> I can't see why Vincent's proposed import is different from other imports we already did in the past (ODbL, CC-BY or OGL licensed). Either we deal with each import with current rules or we forbid every import whose data is not PD, CC0 or PDDL licensed. Regards, Andrea
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