OpenStreetMap License Change Phase 3 begins this Sunday. The full
announcement is copied below and there is full information at the "Find
out more about OpenStreetMap's upcoming license change" link on
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org or directly at
http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/We_Are_Changing_The_License
If anyone feels a Swedish translation would be useful and can do it, I
would be most grateful.
In summary: This only affects you if you are an OpenStreetMap
contributor who registered before 12th May 2010 and have not taken part
in our voluntary re-licensing program. Before being able to edit, you
will have accept or decline new contributor terms.
According to http://odbl.de/ 50% to 72% of data in Sweden is fully
licensable under ODbL. Obviously this must increase before a license
switch can occur. Looking at mailings on this list, I note some
concerns well summarised by Lars about data from previous contributors.
Gothenburg was specifically mentioned. We will be sending email to all
such persons in batches after the initial rush from active contributors.
If after a months time anyone has any concerns about a particular area
or particular user, please talk about it on this list or send email to
me personally.
Mike
Michael Collinson
License Working Group
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The Full Announcment
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Phase 3 of the License Change process begins this Sunday, 17th April.
If you were a contributor who registered before 12th May 2010 and have
not accepted yet, you will be asked to accept or decline new contributor
terms. You can find background information about this on the main wiki
page [2]. If you use an off-line editor like JOSM, you will need to go
to http://www.openstreetmap.org and log in in the top right corner
before you can continue editing. Even if you choose to decline the new
terms, you will still be able to continue editing.
If you are a contributor who registered on or after 12th May 2010 or who
has taken part in our voluntary re-licensing program, this does not
affect you.
If you are a user of OpenStreetMap data, this does not affect you.
OpenStreetMap data continues to be licensed only under CC-BY-SA and this
will continue until we reach a critical mass of acceptance of the new
license.
You can see up-to-date OpenStreetMap ODbL acceptance by region at any
time by going to http://odbl.de <http://odbl.de/> . See "world" for the
global picture.
As part of the process, the legal wording of the Contributor Terms has
been improved [3] on the basis of community feedback received and to
make them more friendly to individual contributors. The human-readable
version of the Contributor Terms is unchanged [4].
Regards,
Michael Collinson
License Working Group
[1] More about Phase 3:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License/Implementation_Plan
[2] "Find out more about OpenStreetMap's upcoming license change
<http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/We_Are_Changing_The_License>"
link:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org or directly at
http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/We_Are_Changing_The_License
[3] The revised contributor terms showing exactly what has been changed:
https://docs.google.com/a/stiernegrip.se/document/pub?id=1jY58fD3JyNUjzmecrpNejoOt4OnfHeEM-6o8rD5hCLY
[4] The human-readable version of the Contributor Terms remains the same:
http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Contributor_Terms_Summary
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