On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:43:38 +1000, John Smith wrote: >2009/12/14 Brendan Morley <[email protected]>: >> the large print promised to address >> "holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected >> ways"? SA still holds them back somewhat.
>I disagree, it doesn't hold you back from any of those uses, it just >requires you give back if you make changes, and so if you don't make >changes to the data there is no limitation on what you can do with it, >or how you can use it, and so on. And that requirement has a chilling effect (holds you back) on some "productive ways". Hypothetical example: I want to put my fast food joints on a map. If I licenced from a typical commercial provider, I pay a one time consideration, produce my mashed up work, and be done with it. If I licenced from OSM contributors under OdbL, I would have to make my "working notes" for my fast food locations available to anyone who wanted them for perpetuity. So I'd have to establish a role in my company to keep those working notes safe. I think. I'd better hire a lwayer to be sure. >> I can appreciate that the founders definitely intended sharelike/copyleft >> principles. But IMHO it's certainly not marketed as a feature to fresh >> recruits! >Again, lets not confuse 2 issues here, are you talking about using, or >extending, I assume the latter, but the former has no intended >restrictions. Extending/editing. Brendan
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