Re: [OSM-legal-talk] contributor terms

2016-09-03 Thread Simon Poole
Essentially it doesn't have any effect wrt your old contributions since they are not suddenly "un-redacted", so no need to panic. It would still be a good idea to reset the flag, BUT, legal-talk is definitely not the right place to get that done. Please simply contact the system admins. Simon

[OSM-legal-talk] contributor terms

2016-09-03 Thread Mike Dupont
Sorry to bring this up again, but I accidentally accepted the contributor terms on my h4ck3rm1k3 account and I cannot do that because not all the data that I had there is cleared for the new license. I stopped using that account a while back. I would like to have the settings turned back. I tried

[OSM-legal-talk] Contributor terms: errors in the Italian translation

2011-04-18 Thread Niccolo Rigacci
There are some errors in the Italian translation of the contributor terms https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/terms License names contains typos: * ODbl sould be ODbL (the case) * DdCL should be DbCL (b instead of d) The phrase le quali saranno si intenderanno approvate con il voto should be

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms upgrade ready

2011-02-06 Thread Olaf Schmidt-Wischhöfer
Hi, Kai described my concern with the currect CT wording very well. Is the LWG still working on a reply? I am asking because if the LWG is convinced that there is no problem, then we need to explain our concern is better words. Olaf OSMF can't force you to accept them, but if you don't, you

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms upgrade ready

2011-01-19 Thread John Smith
On 19 January 2011 02:10, andrzej zaborowski balr...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 January 2011 15:48, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: The links below show the wording we will formally release. I will confirm when it is done. We will then set up and announce mechanism whereby anyone who has

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms upgrade ready

2011-01-19 Thread SomeoneElse
On 18/01/2011 14:48, Mike Collinson wrote: The links below show the wording we will formally release. Thanks Mike. I'll look forward to a derivative of those appearing on https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/terms at some point in the future. ___

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms review

2010-08-27 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 09:54:04AM +0200, Lars Aronsson wrote: This is true, but it's also true that what OSM wants is to have something as similar as possible to GPL, but applied to maps. I dont - Am i OSM? Flo -- Florian Lohoff f...@zz.de

[OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms review

2010-08-26 Thread Mike Collinson
The License Working Group met Tuesday. Most, if not all, comment at the moment is on the Contributor Terms. Therefore we will devote next week's meeting (Aug 31) entirely to going though each issue already raised. We will then pass these on to legal counsel for review. When we get a response,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms review

2010-08-26 Thread David Groom
Mike thanks for the update. Regards David - Original Message - From: Mike Collinson To: Licensing and other legal discussions. Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:20 AM Subject: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms review The License Working Group met Tuesday. Most

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms - The Early Years

2010-08-24 Thread SomeoneElse
On 23/08/2010 01:34, Richard Weait wrote: That's an open question for the lawyer that wrote the CT. In casual conversation with one lawyer (casual as in I wasn't paying the lawyer) Thanks Richard. What we could do with from the LWG (and I'm sure that they will look at doing it) is a here are

[OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms - The Early Years

2010-08-22 Thread Mike Collinson
Liz, You asked about the early intent of the Contributor Terms before they were re-written by legal counsel. As promised: http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Working_Group_Minutes or directly https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1lVQlsnuEKPY2gjspScwHqgmo8RyoqmuaWWmWh58T4TY 0.1

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms - The Early Years

2010-08-22 Thread SomeoneElse
On 22/08/2010 15:27, Mike Collinson wrote: http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Working_Group_Minutes or directly https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1lVQlsnuEKPY2gjspScwHqgmo8RyoqmuaWWmWh58T4TY 0.1 https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=18q0b_f_-rtuWWC04qaAcO3NY_Aob2QjY2gGRMmo0IrM 0.2

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms - The Early Years

2010-08-22 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 7:58 PM, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote:  On 22/08/2010 15:27, Mike Collinson wrote: http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Working_Group_Minutes or directly https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1lVQlsnuEKPY2gjspScwHqgmo8RyoqmuaWWmWh58T4TY 0.1

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms - The Early Years

2010-08-22 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: That's an open question for the lawyer that wrote the CT.  In casual conversation with one lawyer (casual as in I wasn't paying the lawyer) I was told that legal-English is not FORTRAN and the or is not required for

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OSM-legal-talk] Contributor terms (was : decision removing data:

2010-08-13 Thread Michael Collinson
At 01:14 13/08/2010, Liz wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, Mike Collinson wrote: At 02:58 PM 12/08/2010, Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote: PS: I'd be interested to know if the current CTs have had any legal review from OSMF's lawyers... Yes. Our initial desire was to have something very short, more

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OSM-legal-talk] Contributor terms (was : decision removing data:

2010-08-12 Thread Liz
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, Mike Collinson wrote: At 02:58 PM 12/08/2010, Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote: PS: I'd be interested to know if the current CTs have had any legal review from OSMF's lawyers... Yes. Our initial desire was to have something very short, more in-line with what is now the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms latest

2010-02-23 Thread Oliver Kuehn (skobbler)
terms that consider these points. Regards, Oliver -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/OSM-legal-talk-Contributor-Terms-latest-tp4621828p4621966.html Sent from the Legal Talk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ legal-talk mailing

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms latest

2010-02-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Mike Collinson wrote: - defining active contributor as a natural person. This serves the purpose of no bots. OPEN QUESTION: We are not sure about this one as this it excludes corporations or other legally organised entities. If they have multiple accounts for individual staff, it has

[OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms draft changes

2010-02-14 Thread Mike Collinson
We are wanting to introduce dual-licensing for *new* registrants as soon as we have the new Contributor Terms nailed down. That means a final review of the current wording by legal counsel and then I'll ask for any last(?) comments from this list. We've made some changes in order to try and

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms draft changes

2010-02-14 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Mike Collinson wrote: can someone sue on the basis of misuse of their data? Our understanding from Counsel is: Yes. OSMF can on the basis of collective/database rights. An individual contributor can if it concerns data that they added. What would be the legal basis for that? Say I

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms draft changes

2010-02-14 Thread Francis Davey
On 14 February 2010 19:33, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: We are wanting to introduce dual-licensing for *new* registrants as soon as we have the new Contributor Terms nailed down. That means a final review of the current wording by legal counsel and then I'll ask for any last(?)

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms draft changes

2010-02-14 Thread Anthony
You agree to only add Contents for which You are the copyright holder (to the extent the Contents include any copyrightable elements). If You are not the copyright holder of the Contents, You represent and warrant that You have explicit permission

[OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms (was Re: Copyright Assignment)

2010-01-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Two related things on Contributor Terms: [80n on share-alike] By comparison, ODbL+Contributor Terms has properties that break this principle. A derived work can not be fed back into OSM unless the author agrees to the contributor terms. Matt set up a poll at

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms

2009-07-04 Thread Francis Davey
2009/7/3 Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com: My point is that granting powers to relicense the data is basically equivalent to copyright assignment (plus certain conditions, as happens when you assign copyright to the FSF, they promise to keep to a free licence in the future), but it is better to

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms

2009-07-03 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Brendan Barrett wrote: What happens if someone, with malicious intent, deletes lots of data or uploads things that cause trouble (e.g. upload Teleatlas data, then tip off Teleatlas to make trouble). Do we reserve the right to sue them for damages, and if so, would this agreement be the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms

2009-07-03 Thread Ed Avis
Matt Amos zerebub...@... writes: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Contributor_Terms Should say: You agree to only add contents for which you are the copyright holder, *or which are in the public domain*, *or which already have permission from the rights holder to distribute

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms

2009-07-03 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Ed Avis wrote: Should say: You agree to only add contents for which you are the copyright holder, *or which are in the public domain*, *or which already have permission from the rights holder to distribute under Licence X*, or where you have explicit permission from the rights holder to

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms

2009-07-03 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Ed Avis wrote: ODbL, as fast as I understand, does not permit re-licensing, which means that even if you have other data that is ODbL licensed, you cannot upload it to OSM without express permission of the license holder. But if OSM also adoped ODbL then no re-licensing would be

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms

2009-07-03 Thread Matt Amos
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Frederik Rammfrede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, Ed Avis wrote: ODbL, as fast as I understand, does not permit re-licensing, which means that even if you have other data that is ODbL licensed, you cannot upload it to OSM without express permission of the license

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms

2009-07-03 Thread Ulf Möller
Ed Avis schrieb: If it is not possible to take one ODbL-licensed work, and combine it with another ODbL-licensed work to make a third ODbL-licensed work, then either the ODbL is even worse than it first appears, or the proposed OSM implementation of it is flawed. The ODbL certainly allows

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms

2009-07-03 Thread Ed Avis
Matt Amos zerebub...@... writes: if it's in the public domain then you already have permission from the copyright holder. also, having permission from the rights holder to distribute under License X is the same thing as having permission from the rights holder to submit the content, no? Well,