Re: [Talk-hr] Označavanje cesta u HR....Pono vo po x-ti put.

2009-12-05 Thread Marko Dimjasevic
On Subota, 05. Prosinac 2009. 08:13:51 Marjan Vrban wrote: vrlo jednostavno 1,2 i troznamenkaste oznake su D, 4znamenke - Ž, 5 znamenki i više L Čim netko mora znati tu informaciju, karta mi se ne čini jednostavnom za korištenje. Zašto netko uopće mora znati da se radi o rasponima? -- Poz,

Re: [Talk-hr] OSM GPS cestovna navigacija na java mobitelima

2009-12-05 Thread delorayn1
Mogu reći da je GPSMid odličan, često ga koristim na mobitelu, jedino ima loš prikaz karte, ni blizu onom od gvSIG-a... 2009/12/3 breakpoint mmatu...@gmail.com On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 10:04 +, Valent Turkovic wrote: Vrlo ugodno sam se iznenadio kada sam otkrio gvSIG Mini aplikaciju koja

Re: [Talk-hr] Označavanje cesta u HR....Ponovo po x-ti put.

2009-12-05 Thread nixa
Marko Dimjasevic wrote: Čim netko mora znati tu informaciju, karta mi se ne čini jednostavnom za korištenje. Zašto netko uopće mora znati da se radi o rasponima? Ovo je po meni prilicno jak argument. ___ Talk-hr mailing list

Re: [Talk-hr] Označavanje cesta u HR....Ponovo po x-ti put.

2009-12-05 Thread nixa
Marko Dimjasevic wrote: Čim netko mora znati tu informaciju, karta mi se ne čini jednostavnom za korištenje. Zašto netko uopće mora znati da se radi o rasponima? Ovo je po meni prilicno jak argument. ___ Talk-hr mailing list

[OSM-talk] Create two new categories for lawyers, architects, plumbers, etc

2009-12-05 Thread Pieren
I just discover the entry architect_office in the category amenity on Map Features [1]. Then I also found a proposal for amenity=lawyer [2]. Is amenity the righ place/category for such things ? I'm not a native english speakier but is amenity the right category for lawyers, architects, designers,

Re: [OSM-talk] Create two new categories for lawyers, architects, plumbers, etc

2009-12-05 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 16:33, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not a native english speakier but is amenity the right category for lawyers, architects, designers, etc, next after museums, fountains, stripclubs or borthels ? We've long since passed the point where amenity is an accurate

Re: [OSM-talk] Create two new categories for lawyers, architects, plumbers, etc

2009-12-05 Thread Pieren
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com wrote: We've long since passed the point where amenity is an accurate description for the value that comes after it. In the OpenStreetMap database amenity is best pronounced as a thingy :) Is that a reason to not improve

Re: [OSM-talk] Create two new categories for lawyers, architects, plumbers, etc

2009-12-05 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 17:52, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com wrote: We've long since passed the point where amenity is an accurate description for the value that comes after it. In the OpenStreetMap database amenity is

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Ian Dees
On Dec 5, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: If you are an OSMF member then you should have received an email about this vote, which contains a URL with which you can access this site. If you have not received an email, first please check your spam folder then, if

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: If you are an OSMF member then you should have received an email about this vote, which contains a URL with which you can access this site. If you have not

Re: [OSM-talk] Create two new categories for lawyers, architects, plumbers, etc

2009-12-05 Thread Tobias Knerr
Pieren wrote: We've long since passed the point where amenity is an accurate description for the value that comes after it. In the OpenStreetMap database amenity is best pronounced as a thingy :) Is that a reason to not improve things (or try to )? Is introducing somewhat arbitrary

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Liz
On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, Anthony wrote: Is this email implying that contributers to OSM who are not members o the OSMF can not vote on the license decision? If so, how are non-OSMF members represented in this vote? If a non-OSMF member rejects the Contributor Terms, all their contributions

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Tom Hughes
On 05/12/09 21:47, Liz wrote: quote An email has been sent to 265 members with membership in good standing (paid) as of October 13th 2009. It has instructions and a unique personal link for voting. /quote 265 persons out of tens of thousands is in no way representative. Whatever the

Re: [OSM-talk] Create two new categories for lawyers, architects, plumbers, etc

2009-12-05 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 21:46, Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de wrote: Pieren wrote: We've long since passed the point where amenity is an accurate description for the value that comes after it. In the OpenStreetMap database amenity is best pronounced as a thingy :) Is that a reason to not

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
Tom Hughes schrieb: On 05/12/09 21:47, Liz wrote: quote An email has been sent to 265 members with membership in good standing (paid) as of October 13th 2009. It has instructions and a unique personal link for voting. /quote 265 persons out of tens of thousands is in no way

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Tom Hughes
On 05/12/09 22:44, Ulf Lamping wrote: Tom Hughes schrieb: Polling the OSMF members is just the first stage - there will another vote later when all contributors will be asked whether they want to relicense. With a gun at their head: Refuse: After the migration (currently 26th February

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Ian Dees
On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu wrote: On 05/12/09 21:47, Liz wrote: quote An email has been sent to 265 members with membership in good standing (paid) as of October 13th 2009. It has instructions and a unique personal link for voting. /quote 265 persons out

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread James Livingston
On 06/12/2009, at 8:44 AM, Ulf Lamping wrote: Tom Hughes schrieb: Polling the OSMF members is just the first stage - there will another vote later when all contributors will be asked whether they want to relicense. With a gun at their head: Refuse: After the migration (currently 26th

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
Tom Hughes schrieb: On 05/12/09 22:44, Ulf Lamping wrote: Tom Hughes schrieb: Polling the OSMF members is just the first stage - there will another vote later when all contributors will be asked whether they want to relicense. With a gun at their head: Refuse: After the migration

[OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
Hi! Just reading: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Why_You_Should_Vote_Yes Where user Steve added: --- What about the 'no' page? It's mainly full of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) and is marked as inaccurate.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
James Livingston schrieb: On 06/12/2009, at 8:44 AM, Ulf Lamping wrote: If you call this a vote, then we have pretty different understanding about voting. I'd say it isn't a vote, it's asking whether you agree to relicense your contributions under the ODbL subject to the Contributor

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Domingo, 6 de Diciembre de 2009, Ulf Lamping escribió: Remember: Steve is the head of the OSMF, so this is the OSMF Chairman's position about other peoples opinions when they don't share his own opinion. Is this the organization you want to hand over the license of your OSM data? May I

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Liz
On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, Ulf Lamping wrote: Hi! Just reading: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Why_You_Should_Vote_Ye s Where user Steve added: --- What about the 'no' page? It's mainly full of FUD (Fear,

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Grant Slater
2009/12/5 Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com: Remember: Steve is the head of the OSMF, so this is the OSMF Chairman's position about other peoples opinions when they don't share his own opinion. Is this the organization you want to hand over the license of your OSM data? Are we an

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Ulf Lamping wrote: Remember: Steve is the head of the OSMF, so this is the OSMF Chairman's position about other peoples opinions when they don't share his own opinion. I'm not allowed to have opinions? Is this the organization you want to hand over the license of

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Liz wrote: SteveC marked the NO page as in dispute. No, he didn't mark the YES page as in dispute. If there was no dispute there would be no need for a vote. I answered this on osmf-talk, why're you bringing it up over here? There was a dispute, I marked

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 James Livingston schreef: For example, I have inferred road positions from the CC-BY-licensed Queensland DCDB-lite dataset, and have uploaded national park and world-heritage areas from the CC-BY dataset on data.australia.gov.au. As I'm not the

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Grant Slater
2009/12/5 Liz ed...@billiau.net: I find the graffiti on the NO page very disturbing. It is intended as a statement page by those who differ, and those who want to put positive comments on the new licence should use their own page. So the REPLY: 's are graffiti? If a statement is untrue or

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, SteveC wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Liz wrote: SteveC marked the NO page as in dispute. No, he didn't mark the YES page as in dispute. If there was no dispute there would be no need for a vote. I answered this on osmf-talk, why're you bringing it up over here?

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, James Livingston wrote: For example, I have inferred road positions from the CC-BY-licensed Queensland DCDB-lite dataset, and have uploaded national park and world-heritage areas from the CC-BY dataset on data.australia.gov.au. As I'm not the copyright holder of those base datasets, I

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
Iván Sánchez Ortega schrieb: El Domingo, 6 de Diciembre de 2009, Ulf Lamping escribió: Remember: Steve is the head of the OSMF, so this is the OSMF Chairman's position about other peoples opinions when they don't share his own opinion. Is this the organization you want to hand over the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Kai Krueger
Ulf Lamping wrote: div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixedTom Hughes schrieb: On 05/12/09 22:44, Ulf Lamping wrote: Tom Hughes schrieb: Polling the OSMF members is just the first stage - there will another vote later when all contributors will be asked whether they want to

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
On Dec 5, 2009, at 5:03 PM, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, SteveC wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Liz wrote: SteveC marked the NO page as in dispute. No, he didn't mark the YES page as in dispute. If there was no dispute there would be no need for a vote. I answered this on

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Domingo, 6 de Diciembre de 2009, Ulf Lamping escribió: May I remind the OSMF that from the Wiki page[1]: The OpenStreetMap Foundation is an international non-profit organisation supporting but not controlling the project. However, the currently planned action in the license change

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, you wrote: Don't you mean rather than admit I was wrong or talk about it where I brought it up, much better to try and stir the pot on another list? i have not made personal comments about any one i suggest you don't either ___

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] my views on the ODbL

2009-12-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
On 05/12/2009 21:31, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: The proposed licence is not a benefit to Australians in my view. You have generously qualified this with in my view and I should point out that I disagree with all the force I can muster. I spent about two hours this morning writing a pretty detailed

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
Kai Krueger schrieb: Don't you see that this is a complete inappropriate way to deal with an open community? No, as the previous process has always been pretty open with discussions on talk, legal-talk, the wiki and some of the mailing lists. How much more open do you want it to be with

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Shaun McDonald
The License Working Group has spent months, well probably nearer years, on the license change. They know one heck of a lot more about legal systems than myself. They are people that I trust. Therefore I'm going to listen to them, and let them just get on with it. I really just wan this license

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread John Smith
2009/12/6 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com: 2009/12/6 Shaun McDonald sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk: The License Working Group has spent months, well probably nearer years, on the license change. They know one heck of a lot more about legal systems than myself. They are people that I trust.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
John Smith wrote: Shaun McDonald wrote: The License Working Group has spent months, well probably nearer years, on the license change. They know one heck of a lot more about legal systems than myself. They are people that I trust. Therefore I'm going to listen to them, and let them

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
SteveC schrieb: On Dec 5, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Ulf Lamping wrote: With a gun at their head: Refuse: After the migration (currently 26th February 2010), your contributions will not be included in ODbL licensed downloads and you will not be able to continue contributing.. If you call this a

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread John Smith
2009/12/6 Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net: Creative Commons, of course, has practising copyright lawyers too. They have said that CC-BY-SA isn't applicable to data and we shouldn't use it. There has also been a lot of data imported from Government sources that released data as CC-BY-SA

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Matthew Luehrmann
Who controls OSM? I really am not sure. My current understanding is that OSMF controls OSM, but calls it supporting: The OpenStreetMap Foundation is an international non-profit organisation supporting but not controlling the project. Maybe a better question that will get a less ambiguous

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Richard Fairhurst wrote: The ODbL is overseen by a board which, as well as Jordan, Charlotte and Clark, also includes Lucie Guibault, a professor of copyright from the Netherlands, and Andres Guadamuz, a lecturer in E-Commerce Law and consultant to the World Intellectual Property

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu wrote: Polling the OSMF members is just the first stage - there will another vote later when all contributors will be asked whether they want to relicense. Why not

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
Shaun McDonald schrieb: The License Working Group has spent months, well probably nearer years, on the license change. They know one heck of a lot more about legal systems than myself. They are people that I trust. Therefore I'm going to listen to them, and let them just get on with it. I

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Grant Slater
2009/12/6 Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org: There have been some independent reviews of ODbL. snip There is also Andrea Rossato who the Italian OSM community hired independently to review the license. I believe he said something like ODbL is CC BY-SA without the problems. Could someone from

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread John Smith
2009/12/6 Anthony o...@inbox.org: No sense in wasting everyone's time if the OSMF members aren't going to agree to it anyway? I'm pretty sure he meant asking contributors before threatening to remove their contributions. It'll still be there.  In perfect form for the fork which will

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
On Dec 5, 2009, at 18:17, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote: SteveC schrieb: On Dec 5, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Ulf Lamping wrote: With a gun at their head: Refuse: After the migration (currently 26th February 2010), your contributions will not be included in ODbL licensed

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
On Dec 5, 2009, at 17:17, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, you wrote: Don't you mean rather than admit I was wrong or talk about it where I brought it up, much better to try and stir the pot on another list? i have not made personal comments about any one i

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread John Smith
2009/12/6 SteveC st...@asklater.com: Are you also living on planet Frederik? Out of all the crazy claims this has to be the most crazy. Where have you been the past year of consultations? How is insulting people going to help things? ___ talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Cartinus
On Sunday 06 December 2009 02:25:16 Frederik Ramm wrote: And there's a review in Dutch by an Internet lawyer of which I cannot say whether it's good or bad: http://blog.iusmentis.com/2009/07/15/open-source-databanken-de-opendatabank licentie-versie-10 Basically he is saying that he thinks

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Kai Krueger
Matthew Luehrmann wrote: Who controls OSM? I really am not sure. My current understanding is that OSMF controls OSM, but calls it supporting: The OpenStreetMap Foundation is an international non-profit organisation supporting but not controlling the project. Maybe a better question

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Grant Slater
2009/12/6 Matthew Luehrmann matthew.luehrm...@gmail.com: Who controls OSM?  I really am not sure.  My current understanding is that OSMF controls OSM, but calls it supporting: The OpenStreetMap Foundation is an international non-profit organisation supporting but not controlling the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Frederik Ramm schreef: And there's a review in Dutch by an Internet lawyer of which I cannot say whether it's good or bad: http://blog.iusmentis.com/2009/07/15/open-source-databanken-de-opendatabanklicentie-versie-10 I can... before Arnoud

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
SteveC schrieb: On Dec 5, 2009, at 18:17, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote: SteveC schrieb: On Dec 5, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Ulf Lamping wrote: With a gun at their head: Refuse: After the migration (currently 26th February 2010), your contributions will not be included in ODbL

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 8:33 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/12/6 Anthony o...@inbox.org: It isn't applicable to data in jurisdictions where data can't be copyrighted. Part of the proposal of switching to the ODbL is to go *beyond* copyright law by imposing an EULA

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
Yours c. Steve On Dec 5, 2009, at 18:43, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/12/6 SteveC st...@asklater.com: Are you also living on planet Frederik? Out of all the crazy claims this has to be the most crazy. Where have you been the past year of consultations? How is

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
Yours c. Steve On Dec 5, 2009, at 18:55, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote: SteveC schrieb: On Dec 5, 2009, at 18:17, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote: SteveC schrieb: On Dec 5, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Ulf Lamping wrote: With a gun at their head: Refuse: After the

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Kai Krueger kakrue...@gmail.com wrote: And even the licensing debate could be seen as support even though that indeed has a little bit more of a controlling element to it. But it is support in that the current license is broken and inapplicable to geodata as

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread John Smith
2009/12/6 SteveC st...@asklater.com: By letting them know FUD and BS will be shot down. And you are coming off just as unrational as you are claiming they are being and not helping fence sitters one bit. If you want a dictatorship on the matter say so, otherwise you or others wanting the change

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread John Smith
2009/12/6 Anthony o...@inbox.org: Click through type agreements have already been deemed as unenforceable, Can you provide me with a few links to back that up (off-list or on the legal list if you think it's too off-topic)?  To my knowledge the enforceability is spotty and unclear. Trying

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread bernhard
... I believe he said something like ODbL is CC BY-SA without the problems. Easy example: With CC-BY-SA this tile http://c.tile.cloudmade.com/BC9A493B41014CAABB98F0471D759707/1/256/5/16/10.png?1253694005 is also CC-BY-SA. With ODBL the tile could have a different license including a

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
On Dec 5, 2009, at 19:40, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/12/6 SteveC st...@asklater.com: By letting them know FUD and BS will be shot down. And you are coming off just as unrational as you are claiming they are being and not helping fence sitters one bit. Read the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread John Smith
2009/12/6 SteveC st...@asklater.com: Read the wikipedia entry on tit for tat, and iterated prisoners dilemma. That's just it, I'm trying to avoid the conjecture in coming up with an opinion on if this is a good thing or not for me and my contributions or not. ie am I wasting time contributing

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:43 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/12/6 Anthony o...@inbox.org: Click through type agreements have already been deemed as unenforceable, Can you provide me with a few links to back that up (off-list or on the legal list if you think it's too

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread John F. Eldredge
I have been subscribed to the OSM-talk mailing list for about two months now; this current discussion is the first that I have heard of the license-change issue. So, if there has been ongoing discussion of the issue in the last couple of months, it hasn't been on the general list. -- John F.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Simone Cortesi
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 02:31, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: 2009/12/6 Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org: There have been some independent reviews of ODbL. snip There is also Andrea Rossato who the Italian OSM community hired independently to review the license. I believe

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread 80n
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:41 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Ulf Lamping wrote: Remember: Steve is the head of the OSMF, so this is the OSMF Chairman's position about other peoples opinions when they don't share his own opinion. I'm not allowed to have

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] my views on the ODbL

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.netwrote: I don't think you have at all answered the points in that, and therefore I stand by the viewpoint that in Australia, ODbL has the best chance of any open, non-clickwrap licence of protecting OSM's data. Which is to

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Matt Amos
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: I'm not sure if it's enforceable or not.  And I've asked on the legal list (so far without an answer) whether or not agreeing to the Contributor Terms requires also agreeing to the ODbL in ways that purport to reach beyond copyright

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Shalabh
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 8:40 AM, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.comwrote: I have been subscribed to the OSM-talk mailing list for about two months now; this current discussion is the first that I have heard of the license-change issue. So, if there has been ongoing discussion of the issue

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Shalabh
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 8:10 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/12/6 SteveC st...@asklater.com: By letting them know FUD and BS will be shot down. And you are coming off just as unrational as you are claiming they are being and not helping fence sitters one bit. If you

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:10 PM, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: I have been subscribed to the OSM-talk mailing list for about two months now; this current discussion is the first that I have heard of the license-change issue.  So, if there has been ongoing discussion of the issue

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: I'm not sure if it's enforceable or not. And I've asked on the legal list (so far without an answer) whether or not agreeing to the Contributor Terms

[OSM-talk] Thank you, LWG

2009-12-05 Thread Richard Weait
I think the LWG has done a good job on a difficult task. A task that we, as a community, asked them to do for us because we couldn't implement a license change as a group of 20,000 (at the time) individual mappers. I'm glad that the LWG looked after our shared concerns so ably, by consulting

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Tobias Knerr
Steve, SteveC wrote: How is insulting people going to help things? By letting them know FUD and BS will be shot down. I understand that most statements you are responding to seem stupid, unnecessary or inappropriate to you. You might even think that those who posted them should really know

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
Yours c. Steve On Dec 5, 2009, at 20:10, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: I have been subscribed to the OSM-talk mailing list for about two months now; this current discussion is the first that I have heard of the license-change issue. So, if there has been ongoing

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
Yours c. Steve On Dec 5, 2009, at 20:25, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:41 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Ulf Lamping wrote: Remember: Steve is the head of the OSMF, so this is the OSMF Chairman's position about other peoples

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

2009-12-05 Thread Matt Amos
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:25 AM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:41 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Ulf Lamping wrote: Remember: Steve is the head of the OSMF, so this is the OSMF Chairman's position about other peoples opinions when

Re: [OSM-talk] Thank you, LWG

2009-12-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
Richard Weait schrieb: I think the LWG has done a good job on a difficult task. A task that we, as a community, asked them to do for us because we couldn't implement a license change as a group of 20,000 (at the time) individual mappers. I'm glad that the LWG looked after our shared

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
On Dec 5, 2009, at 20:51, Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de wrote: Steve, SteveC wrote: How is insulting people going to help things? By letting them know FUD and BS will be shot down. I understand that most statements you are responding to seem stupid, unnecessary or inappropriate to

Re: [OSM-talk] Thank you, LWG

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
On Dec 5, 2009, at 21:03, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote: Richard Weait schrieb: I think the LWG has done a good job on a difficult task. A task that we, as a community, asked them to do for us because we couldn't implement a license change as a group of 20,000 (at the time)

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] my views on the ODbL

2009-12-05 Thread Matt Amos
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: Now, when I download the OSM database from that mirror site, what binds me to the ODbL? Absolutely nothing. your email here proves you are aware of the terms of such a download. :-) for people who haven't so publicly demonstrated

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
SteveC schrieb: On Dec 5, 2009, at 19:40, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/12/6 SteveC st...@asklater.com: By letting them know FUD and BS will be shot down. And you are coming off just as unrational as you are claiming they are being and not helping fence sitters one

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] my views on the ODbL

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: Now, when I download the OSM database from that mirror site, what binds me to the ODbL? Absolutely nothing. your email here proves you are aware of the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
On Dec 5, 2009, at 21:15, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote: SteveC schrieb: On Dec 5, 2009, at 19:40, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/12/6 SteveC st...@asklater.com: By letting them know FUD and BS will be shot down. And you are coming off just as

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.netwrote: Creative Commons, of course, has practising copyright lawyers too. They have said that CC-BY-SA isn't applicable to data and we shouldn't use it. They also said this about the ODbL: In brief, we believe that the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
Of course they said that, they only support PD-like licenses *as a policy*. It's pretty stupid but that's their policy. It's like the RIAA have a closed policy and the consensus is viral in OSM. Yours c. Steve On Dec 5, 2009, at 21:36, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sat, Dec 5, 2009

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Of course they said that, they only support PD-like licenses *as a policy*. What a non-sense, every academic works with attribution of past work. Including attribution in testsets and data being available. You are getting a bit

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:42 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Of course they said that, they only support PD-like licenses *as a policy*. PD-like licenses? You mean for databases of facts? Or am I misinterpreting PD-like? It's pretty stupid but that's their policy. Well, you may think

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
On Dec 5, 2009, at 21:52, Stefan de Konink ste...@konink.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Of course they said that, they only support PD-like licenses *as a policy*. What a non-sense, every academic works with attribution of past work. Including

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Matt Amos
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote: Shaun McDonald schrieb: The License Working Group has spent months, well probably nearer years, on the license change. They know one heck of a lot more about legal systems than myself. They are people that I trust.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread SteveC
On Dec 5, 2009, at 21:53, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:42 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Of course they said that, they only support PD-like licenses *as a policy*. PD-like licenses? You mean for databases of facts? Or am I misinterpreting PD-like?

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:00 AM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 21:53, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:42 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com st...@asklater.com wrote: Of course they said that, they only support PD-like licenses *as a policy*.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] my views on the ODbL

2009-12-05 Thread Matt Amos
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: Now, when I download the OSM database from that mirror site, what binds me to the ODbL?

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: I don't know, I find it somewhat mind-boggling that a site like OSM would even consider resorting to browse-through license agreements in order to impose

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Matt Amos schreef: we're talking about moving to another license with very similar requirements, but a different implementation, and that's not open and free anymore? it would really help me if i could understand your position. Its honestly

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Matt Amos
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 5:28 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: I don't know, I find it somewhat mind-boggling that a site like OSM would even consider

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] my views on the ODbL

2009-12-05 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: the agreement doesn't kick in from the reading of the license, it kicks in when you do something that only the license would permit you to do. The whole basis of the switch away from CC-BY-SA is that there is doubt as to

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