Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License compatibility clarification
On 25 June 2011 06:37, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote: Jonas Häggqvist rasher@... writes: Is the CT/ODbL compatible with CC-BY-SA? Say if an organization releases some data under CC-BY-SA, could we use it (in the CT/ODbL future)? If this were possible, then there would be no need for any relicensing exercise. The data released under CC-BY-SA would be the existing OSM map, and it could just be used directly with CT/ODbL. The fact that this is not happening shows that, as generally believed, it is not possible to accept CC-BY-SA licensed data under a CT/ODbL regime. ODBL has no minimum license that produced works can be placed under, so the only licenses compatible with ODBL are PD/CC0 ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License compatibility clarification
On 24/06/11 20:35, Jonas Häggqvist wrote: Is the CT/ODbL compatible with CC-BY-SA? No. Notably, the ODbL isn't. Say if an organization releases some data under CC-BY-SA, could we use it (in the CT/ODbL future)? No, as it's incompatible with the ODbL. For extra credit, explain why/why not. BY-SA and the ODbl are incompatible copylefts. - Rob. ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License compatibility clarification
Jonas Häggqvist rasher@... writes: Is the CT/ODbL compatible with CC-BY-SA? Say if an organization releases some data under CC-BY-SA, could we use it (in the CT/ODbL future)? If this were possible, then there would be no need for any relicensing exercise. The data released under CC-BY-SA would be the existing OSM map, and it could just be used directly with CT/ODbL. The fact that this is not happening shows that, as generally believed, it is not possible to accept CC-BY-SA licensed data under a CT/ODbL regime. -- Ed Avis e...@waniassset.com ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk