On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:48 PM, SteveC <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jul 22, 2010, at 10:45 PM, 80n wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Robert Whittaker (OSM) < > [email protected] <robert.whittaker%[email protected]>> wrote: > > Graham Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am quite surprised there are many 'personal' contributors who would > want > > > to refuse to have their data re-licensed - from my personal way of > looking > > > at it the proposed new licence is so similar to the existing cc-by-sa > that > > > it will make negligible difference. > > > > The ODbL license is pretty similar (though some people may have strong > > feelings about SA no longer applying to 'produced works'). I would be > > hopeful that many large-scale data sources (OS included) could be > > persuaded to allow their data to be used under ODbL > > > > However, the proposed contributor terms change things significantly, > > in two ways: > > > > First you need to give full rights to your contributions to OSMF, who > > could then (subject to community approval) re-license them without SA > > or By requirements. If you are a strong believer in either of these, > > you may not want allow this possibility with your work. Equally if you > > are a company with valuable data, it's entirely reasonable that you > > will only provide it if there are SA and/or By provisions. > > > > Secondly, the terms would severely restrict the data sources we could > > make use of. In particular they would mean that despite the SA clause > > in ODbL, users of OSM data can prevent OSM from re-importing any added > > data by simply refusing to sign the contributor terms. > > > > Once acid test here would be to determine whether CloudMade have already > signed the contributor terms. If they haven't then it is hard not to draw > some conclusions about their intentions with our data. > > Yet more dark mutterings from 80n. > > Where and when could we voluntarily sign up? Oh right... that's exactly the > next step for the LWG that you guys are holding up. > > Does CloudMade as a corporate body have an existing OSM account? I doubt it.
How would a corporation indicate that their ODbL licensed derivative databases can be imported back into OSM? 80n > Steve > > stevecoast.com > >
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