On 20/06/11 07:20, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:12:25 +0100 > Grant Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We have people subverting our CC-BY-SA license right now!!1! *zomg* >> And they wouldn't be abusing our ODbL license in future. >> Case: UN: http://www.unitar.org/unosat-releases-new-maps-over-haiti > > I viewed these maps and understand why you have made the claim that the > licence has been subverted, with no attribution given, assuming that > the finding of the displaced person camps and damaged bridges etc was > OSM volunteer work. > I've not seen this example mentioned in the LWG or Board minutes, so I > don't know when you contacted UNITAR / UNOSAT to have this clarified. > I cannot however, follow your logic that it won't happen with a > differently licensed map. > With all due apologies to any good lawyers reading this, no license whatsoever deters uncaught dishonesty; and at best still curbs those of good intent.
I thought communal projects were supposed to encourage the opposite behaviour? Hasn't it occurred to anybody this is simply the wrong tool - for a problem of its own making? Cue old joke about how good it feels to stop hitting yourself on the head.. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
