Re: [Talk-hr] Netko se pravi pametan...

2009-12-08 Thread Marko Dimjasevic
On Utorak, 01. Prosinac 2009. 09:48:24 Dražen Odobašić wrote: Daklem, korisnik http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/uhs01/edits i http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/uhs02/edits koristi Google ili neku drugu podlogu za iscrtavanje, što je čisti piratluk. Činjenica da se to može napraviti ne znači

[OSM-talk-be] data error? errors with osm2gml.xsl

2009-12-08 Thread Luc Van den Troost
Hi, Just signaling a technical problem I had updating the 'antwerpen status' page. When using osm2gml.xsl on the data file of the north part of Antwerpen (Berendrecht/Zandvliet and north part of the harbour) it produced an error due to the following entry in the osm data: way id=45068245

Re: [OSM-talk-be] data error? errors with osm2gml.xsl

2009-12-08 Thread Lennard
For now I just remove this tag and process my data without it. For the Antwerpen status page I do not need it. Removing a tag just because a tool doesn't grok it, seems like the wrong thing to do. Unless you only removed it from your local data, of course, and not from the OSM db. There is

Re: [OSM-talk-be] data error? errors with osm2gml.xsl

2009-12-08 Thread Luc Van den Troost
Yes, removed it from the local data :-) On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 12:11 +0100, Lennard wrote: For now I just remove this tag and process my data without it. For the Antwerpen status page I do not need it. Removing a tag just because a tool doesn't grok it, seems like the wrong thing to do.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread Grant Slater
2009/12/8 mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk: A quick question for the legal people: does ODbL allow the project to be forked? Yes it does. The LWG sought specific legal advise on this. We wouldn't be an open project if this was not allowed. / Grant ___

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread Rob Myers
2009/12/8 mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk: A quick question for the legal people: does ODbL allow the project to be forked? Yes. The fork must be under the ODbL. (I am not a lawyer, etc.) - Rob. ___ legal-talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM, mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk wrote: Hi, A quick question for the legal people: does ODbL allow the project to be forked? Why not? The code is in svn and has been for ages, ready for forking. Of course, you can't change the license on the GPL code that you

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread 80n
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM, mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk wrote: Hi, A quick question for the legal people: does ODbL allow the project to be forked? Why not? The code is in svn and has been for ages,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread Matt Amos
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:52 PM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM,  mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk wrote: Hi, A quick question for the legal people: does ODbL allow the project to be

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM, mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk wrote: A quick question for the legal people: does ODbL allow the project to be forked? Technically, it does. But remember that the OSMF is granted a special license in addition to the ODbL. Any fork would be at a major

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM, mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk wrote: A quick question for the legal people: does ODbL allow the project to be forked? Technically, it does. But remember that the OSMF is granted a special

[OSM-legal-talk] ODbL / Licensing Working Group - Discussion Podcast

2009-12-08 Thread Grant Slater
Matt Amos [1] and Mike Collinson [2], members of the LWG [3] together with Peter Batty [4], Richard Fairhurst [5] and Steve Coast [6] got together earlier today to discuss OpenStreetMap Licensing, ODbL and some of the licensing debate.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:14 PM, andrzej zaborowski balr...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/12/8 Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com: On Tuesday, December 8, 2009, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread 80n
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:14 PM, andrzej zaborowski balr...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/12/8 Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com: On Tuesday, December 8, 2009, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: The Contributor Terms actually still aren't clear about what exactly *is* happening. The ODbL only applies to the database as a whole, not the individual data. The individual data is supposed to be licensed under a different

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread Matt Amos
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:21 AM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: it's in that spirit, but it's also worth pointing out that we aren't asking for copyright assignment or any other rights assignment. that's a subtle, but often

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:21 AM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com wrote: it's in that spirit, but it's also worth pointing out that we aren't asking for

Re: [OSM-talk] CORINE Land Cover import in Estonia completed

2009-12-08 Thread Emilie Laffray
Margus Värton wrote: Margus Värton wrote: I am glad to inform You that CORINE Land Cover data for Estonia is currently being imported. It takes some time and some manual or semi-manual intervention but in few days we should have much improved map data. CORINE Land Cover data

Re: [OSM-talk] Thank you, LWG

2009-12-08 Thread Ed Avis
Grant Slater openstreetmap at firefishy.com writes: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/summary/ That summary page is great but unfortunately it's not what is on offer. The real text of the ODbL is much more complex, Quote from Creative Commons BY SA Summary Disclaimer: The Commons

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

2009-12-08 Thread Ed Avis
John Smith deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com writes: If GPLv3 was inspired by Tivo, I think this license is somewhat inspired by Google and other commercial mapping companies, who have a habbit of sucking in all the data they can get their hands on and not giving anything back. Google have recently

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

2009-12-08 Thread Ed Avis
Richard Fairhurst richard at systemed.net writes: Under CC-BY-SA, attribution and share-alike are required when you distribute OSM data, or a derivative of it. They are not required, of course, if you don't distribute the data. If I write a program that downloads planet.osm to my hard disc, then

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM Licence vote

2009-12-08 Thread Dave Stubbs
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Jason Cunningham jamicu...@googlemail.com wrote: Can I also be sorry for being pedantic and point out an issue with the license. The OSMF decided to base themselves in the UK and is A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. Company

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

2009-12-08 Thread John Smith
2009/12/8 Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com: John Smith deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com writes: If GPLv3 was inspired by Tivo, I think this license is somewhat inspired by Google and other commercial mapping companies, who have a habbit of sucking in all the data they can get their hands on and not giving

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote: John Smith deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com writes: If GPLv3 was inspired by Tivo, I think this license is somewhat inspired by Google and other commercial mapping companies, who have a habbit of sucking in all the data they can

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

2009-12-08 Thread Tobias Knerr
Grant Slater wrote: A quick question for the legal people: does ODbL allow the project to be forked? Yes it does. The LWG sought specific legal advise on this. We wouldn't be an open project if this was not allowed. That fork would have less options than OSMF has, though. Most importantly,

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

2009-12-08 Thread Sebastian Hohmann
Anthony schrieb: On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: However, one thing you should perhaps consider is this argument of project sanity: We're all in this together. It's no good having a license that has different effects in different countries. And

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: I don't know about that legal stuff in detail, but I agree that CC0 would probably be the best licence. If OSM won't go and really try to sue people, why protect the data? And why protect the data at all?

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:22 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: I don't know about that legal stuff in detail, but I agree that CC0 would probably be the best licence. If OSM won't go and really try to sue people, why protect the

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:22 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: I don't know about that legal stuff in detail, but I agree that CC0 would probably be the best licence. If OSM won't go and

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: doesn't apply to Geodata. Because...? Factual data. What you are attempting to enforce is the viral effect, which directly is what you also try to overcome... Stefan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:43 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:22 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: I don't know about that legal stuff in detail, but I agree

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: doesn't apply to Geodata. Because...? Factual data. What you are attempting to enforce is the viral effect, which directly is what you also try to overcome... So I

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:43 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:22 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Sebastian Hohmann wrote: I don't know

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:54 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: doesn't apply to Geodata. Because...? Factual data. What you are attempting to enforce is the

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: So I can't license data because it's factual? You cannot /copyright/ the data because it is factual. A license for what you couldn't /copyright/ in the first place is not an analogy of GPL vs BSD. Anyway, back on planet Earth,

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:54 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: doesn't apply to Geodata. Because...? Factual

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:04 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Anthony wrote: There's no reason to license data if it's factual. You're jumping from your pseudo-legal argument to your moral argument. It would help you if you separated them. It'd help if you

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: So I can't license data because it's factual? You cannot /copyright/ the data because it is factual. A license for what you couldn't /copyright/ in the first place is

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:04 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Anthony wrote: There's no reason to license data if it's factual. You're jumping from your pseudo-legal argument to your moral argument. It would

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: SteveC schreef: So I can't license data because it's factual? You cannot /copyright/ the data because it is factual. A license for what you couldn't /copyright/ in the first place is not an analogy of GPL vs BSD. Why not?

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:17 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: SteveC schreef: So I can't license data because it's factual? You cannot /copyright/ the data because it is factual. A license for what you couldn't /copyright/ in the

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:08 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: You're on the BSD side, morally. I'm on the GPL side. I know you weren't referring to me when you said that, but I get the impression you think that's my position as well. Here's the thing. I'm not on the BSD side, morally.

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. Morally, I want my data to be SA. CC-BY-SA, to be specific. Well that doesn't work, and

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Anyone that traces their trails might think this action is creative. If that was as creative as writing a computer program or an algorithm[1] that did this for you... then one probably understand that one is not making a

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. Morally, I want my data

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. The legal points you make are just supporting cases that you're cherry picking to help you. I don't *morally* want PD, I *morally* want

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:44 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote:

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:44 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009

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

2009-12-08 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Ed Avis wrote: Google have recently started using their own set of map data for the USA. If it were possible for them to take OSM data under the current licence they would have done so. This suggests that the current share-alike provisions are working as intended. No, it suggests that our

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: You asked why it doesn't work, and there is a wealth of information on the list and the wiki... There are a lot of claims on the list and the wiki that CC-BY-SA doesn't work, but that doesn't make them true. The only plausibly

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: You asked why it doesn't work, and there is a wealth of information on the list and the wiki... There are a lot of claims on the list and the wiki that CC-BY-SA doesn't work, but

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: You asked why it doesn't work, and there is a wealth of information on the list and the wiki... There are a lot of claims on the list and the wiki that CC-BY-SA

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:57 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Trevor, let me guess that you feel people with actual law degrees like the two that helped the LWG are wrong and you are right based on your 6th sense? Who's Trevor? I do feel that some people with actual law degrees are

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

2009-12-08 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Ed Avis wrote: Richard Fairhurst richard at systemed.net writes: In other words: If you want to use OSM data without attribution or share-alike, you may do so by distributing the program that makes the derivative, rather than the derivative itself. Right. Of course it is up to the user of

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. The legal points you make are just supporting cases that you're cherry picking to help

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

2009-12-08 Thread Liz
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, SteveC wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. Morally, I want my data to be SA. CC-BY-SA, to be

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:57 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Trevor, let me guess that you feel people with actual law degrees like the two that helped the LWG are wrong and you are right based on your 6th sense? Who's

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: You asked why it doesn't work, and there is a wealth of information on the list and the wiki... There are a lot of

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:01 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:57 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Trevor, let me guess that you feel people with actual law degrees like the two that helped the LWG are wrong and you are right based on your 6th sense? Who's Trevor? My pet troll,

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: In my opinion, CC-BY-SA, like the GPL (which states it explicitly) is intended to guarantee your freedom, not to take away your freedom. I should add the phrase to share and change the works.

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:11 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: troll trolly troll troll How can I argue with such erudite points? We're now in the land of relativism where to make a point I have to go and collect quotes from lawyers, which you probably won't believe anyway, when

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:57 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Trevor, let me guess that you feel people with actual law degrees like the two that helped the LWG are wrong and you are

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Liz wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, SteveC wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: The point is that *morally* you want the data to be PD and *morally* I want it to be SA. Morally, I want

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:15 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Anthony wrote: CC-BY-SA doesn't work is not the kind of statement I think some people with actual law degrees are any more qualified to answer than anyone else anyway. Not until you define what it

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Anthony wrote: I never said someone with a law degree would never make such a statement. I said they are no more qualified to make such a statement than anyone else. So let me get this straight, lawyers are not more qualified to make legal arguments than anyone

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:21 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Anthony wrote: I never said someone with a law degree would never make such a statement. I said they are no more qualified to make such a statement than anyone else. So let me get this straight,

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

2009-12-08 Thread Liz
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, SteveC wrote: Well that doesn't work, Why doesn't it work? See legal-talk ad nauseum. I've read the whole lot, over an 18 month period of time, and there is no proof that CC-by-SA doesn't work simplification of the argument does not assist anyone. It may not protect

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:21 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Anthony wrote: I never said someone with a law degree would never make such a statement. I said they are no more qualified to make

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: It is however quite stupid to think that only 265 people care enough about their data to be worth a vote The vote isn't about their data, though. Each person individually will be able to choose what to do with their data.

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Liz wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, SteveC wrote: Well that doesn't work, Why doesn't it work? See legal-talk ad nauseum. I've read the whole lot, over an 18 month period of time, and there is no proof that CC-by-SA doesn't work I've not seen anything proving

[OSM-talk] Ticket on trac fixed properly ???

2009-12-08 Thread Fabri
Someone fixed my request to render leisure=dog_park on osmarender, but neither the node nor the areas are visible on the map. My suggested icon attached with the ticket, was for the nodes (POI) and for an area i suggested a pattern with a green park like, and dog icons inside. Do you think the

[OSM-talk] Why the BSD vs GPL debate is irrelevant to OSM

2009-12-08 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, this would normally be a posting for legal-talk or so, but since the topic has been brought up here on talk, I'll respond here. I wasn't about to revive the debate. I prefer PD but I'll support the move to ODbL. I'm not trying to convince everyone that PD is better. However, I feel

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: It is however quite stupid to think that only 265 people care enough about their data to be worth a vote The vote isn't about their data, though. Each person

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM10 meeting: choosing the venue

2009-12-08 Thread Ciprian Talaba
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Henk Hoff o...@toffehoff.nl wrote: Hi all, Later today the organizing committee will meet to (hopefully) decide on the venue of next year's State of the Map. There are bids from Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Austria. You can see them all at

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: It is however quite stupid to think that only 265 people care enough about their data to be worth a vote The vote isn't

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do so? Stefan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:36 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: It is however quite stupid to think that only 265 people

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do so? to do what, relicense? Exactly; if

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:54 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: So you really are saying the LWG / OSMF should just ignore everyone and change the license? What do you mean change the license? Isn't your position that CC-BY-SA is invalid in the first place? The OSMF doesn't need permission

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

2009-12-08 Thread Peteris Krisjanis
SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do so? to do what, relicense? Exactly; if your statement is sound. CC-BY-SA doesn't protect

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis pec...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, you can call him a troll, but I agree I so far haven't heard sound arguments why CC-BY-SA doesn't work and what work actually means. Doesn't work for Cloudmade? I think you hit the nail on the head.

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis wrote: SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do so? to do what, relicense?

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

2009-12-08 Thread Frederik Ramm
Stefan, Stefan de Konink wrote: Exactly; if your statement is sound. CC-BY-SA doesn't protect us, thus doesn't protect us against ourselves, thus OSMF could declare the data today as ODbL, and wait to get sued by the editors that doesn't like this change, if the CC-BY-SA holds the relicense

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis pec...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, you can call him a troll, but I agree I so far haven't heard sound arguments why CC-BY-SA doesn't work and what work actually means. Doesn't work for Cloudmade? I

Re: [OSM-talk] Ticket on trac fixed properly ???

2009-12-08 Thread Patrick Kilian
Hi, Someone fixed my request to render leisure=dog_park on osmarender, but neither the node nor the areas are visible on the map. The someone was me. It most likly doesn't appear yet because most clients haven't updated yet. My suggested icon attached with the ticket, was for the nodes (POI)

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Why don't you do it then, try and fork to CC0 or PD with planet.osm ? Because I'm not convinced that CC-BY-SA won't hold ;) Especially related some recent cases over here with the claim This was our intention the intention for OSM

Re: [OSM-talk] Why the BSD vs GPL debate is irrelevant to OSM

2009-12-08 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Another very similar example is the Creative Commons movement. There are many photos and pieces of music and even films out there that come under a Creative Commons Share Alike license and the model is commonly considered a success. It is great that I can use a photo I find on flickr in a

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:15 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis pec...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, you can call him a troll, but I agree I so far haven't heard sound arguments why CC-BY-SA doesn't

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

2009-12-08 Thread SteveC
On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Why don't you do it then, try and fork to CC0 or PD with planet.osm ? Because I'm not convinced that CC-BY-SA won't hold ;) So if IP lawyers cannot convince you, who or

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

2009-12-08 Thread Peteris Krisjanis
2009/12/8 SteveC st...@asklater.com: On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis wrote: SteveC schreef: You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone? Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi Frederik, Frederik Ramm schreef: Stefan de Konink wrote: Exactly; if your statement is sound. CC-BY-SA doesn't protect us, thus doesn't protect us against ourselves, thus OSMF could declare the data today as ODbL, and wait to get sued by the

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

2009-12-08 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis pec...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, you can call him a troll, but I agree I so far haven't heard sound arguments why CC-BY-SA "doesn't work" and what "work" actually means. Doesn't work for Cloudmade? I think you hit the nail

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:20 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Why don't you do it then, try and fork to CC0 or PD with planet.osm ? Because I'm not convinced

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

2009-12-08 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Apollinaris Schoell ascho...@gmail.comwrote: Anthony wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Peteris Krisjanis pec...@gmail.comwrote: Anyway, you can call him a troll, but I agree I so far haven't heard sound arguments why CC-BY-SA doesn't work and what work

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

2009-12-08 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 SteveC schreef: Why don't you do it then, try and fork to CC0 or PD with planet.osm ? Because I'm not convinced that

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