On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Anthony <[email protected]> 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 their awareness of the license, we will be showing (or linking to) the license wherever ODbL data can be downloaded and placing license metadata into the data downloaded from the OSM site, using dublin core definitions or similar. to use the file, one must be aware of the format, which implies familiarity with the site and documentation, therefore the license. either that, or the format can be figured out from looking at the file, which implies ample opportunity to notice the license metadata. several courts have upheld such "browser wrap" licenses. please see richard's wonderfully complete email here http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2009-December/000479.html cheers, matt _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
