Frederik Ramm wrote:
> I'm surprised that nobody else seems to see a problem in this. Am I
> perhaps barking up some completely imaginary tree?
Not at all; I am still reading through the draft, and have exactly the same
concern.
It may be I have misunderstood how this is intended to apply, but I
Peter Miller wrote:
> Is there not a large potential conflict of interest between SteveC in relation
> to his driving this change within the Foundation and also being a director of
> a company that could well benefit from the OSM project not offering a full set
> of services? I don't know, but I c
Simon Ward wrote:
> I¹d rather those providing the PostGIS data be obliged to provide their
> source (planet dumps, whatever) to the same people.
...
> The example was convoluted, but I hope it illustrates my point that mere
> translation should not be excluded from being counted as a derived
> da
Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
>We need a situation where someone can say "Yes" when an enquiry
>comes in, not "hire a lawyer to look at license XYZ". Otherwise the
>data is useless for many purposes that everyone would agree it
>should be allowed for.
Unless you go for an unrestricted model like PD
Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>Third case: there's an explicit clause (4.6) that a derivative
>database protected by technological measures (such as one sealed in
>a satnav) must also be made available in unrestricted form.
This clause requires that the unrestricted copy be "at least as
accessible to
Rob Myers wrote:
>>As the front page of the wiki says, "most maps...actually have
>>legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people
>>from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways".
>
>A copyleft licence prevents such restrictions from being imposed.
>
>A PD dedicati
Jochen Topf wrote:
>One argument for keeping CC or go with another license that requires
>attribution is that some of the (major?) contributions we have seem
>to require that.
And to turn that argument around, once the TIGER import is
complete what %ge of OSM data will actually be derived from a
