On 29-8-2010 19:21, Rob Myers wrote:
On 08/29/2010 05:58 PM, Maarten Deen wrote:
> I'm merely
pointing out that it is impossible to ask from a contributor to accept
the current license *and every imaginable other license* because we
don't know how the license will change in the future.
We do know how the licence will change: it will change to address
challenges to the freedom to use maps and geodata freely.
You do know in which general direction this license change is heading,
but you have no idea how the license will change in the future. And you
can not expect a contributor to accept the current license and every
imaginable other license because OSM might change to some yet unknown
license in the future.
Please understand the point I'm making. It's not about the current
license change, it's about the comment
> I haven't made a statement about the Kosovo information. I'm sure that
> whoever has imported it has made sure it would be compatible with future
> license changes as suggested on the imports Wiki page for ages.
You cannot make current data compatible with future license changes if
you don't know what the license changes will be. We know about the
upcoming license change, we do not know about any further license changes.
That, basically, is the same as asking to sign a blank sheet of paper.
It's basically the same as copyright assignment. Which can work well for
projects of non-profit foundations.
Copyright assignment is not signing a blank sheet of paper.
Regards,
Maarten
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