Hi LWG, cc legal-talk
I noticed that the wording on the relicensing web page has not been updated [1]. I expressed my concern that the PD wording is rather vague. According to the LWG minutes, you are already have people using it. Aren't you going to address this?
Now the LWG have decided on using the existing contributor term document [2], can you answer my question on allowed licensing of produced works, as stated in my previous email?
Regards, TimSC [1] https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/terms [2] https://docs.google.com/View?id=dd9g3qjp_76gwvhpcx3 On 27/07/10 20:25, Grant Slater wrote:On 26 July 2010 16:56, TimSC wrote:
Hi LWG, I noticed the current OSM sign up page has a PD dedication that is worded as "In addition to the above agreement, I consider my contributions to be in the Public Domain". If this is an actual legal statement, it is phrased too colloquially. The concept "public domain" is only a short hand for a certain concept (a PD-like license) and can't really by used in the way it has been. It could be clarified by using a wikipedia-PD type declaration or PDDL or similar statement. If this page is only to gauge user interest in PD, it is also poor as it effectively has a default value "no". It should be a multiple choice with "yes", "no", "I don't know" with no default, except perhaps the latter option. I urge you to have this reworded for clarity and balance. Also, the relicensing question for existing users should also have this improved wording. http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2010-July/003683.html http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2010-July/003688.html And also I never really had a definitive answer to my previous question: can produced works be released using a PD-like license? The two sides of the case are summed up here: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2010-May/006100.html http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2010-May/006108.html I hope you have time to resolve these issues. I don't particularly want to raise this in person at your regular telemeetings; all the necessary information is public. But let me know if further discussion is required, and I will participate. Regards, Tim
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