On 3 July 2010 23:16, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote: > 4. It is my personal opinion that advocates of share-alike licenses are > driven less by the desire to create something great, but more by the desire > to ringfence, protect, defend what they think is their property against > imaginary powers of evil. I am opposed to the idea of property in this > context. Anyone who goes outside, sees a lamp post, writes down that he has > seen a lamp post, and then goes on to derive intellectual property rights > from this action should go away and join the RIAA. But that is my personal > opinion and we have many ardent share-alike supporters in OSM whose work and > dedication have done a lot to further OSM's success and I, grudgingly, > respect their predilection.
What you quoted had nothing to do with share-a-like, but was specifically about attribution... As I pointed out in a previous email, the issue of license for most contributors is a moral one and doesn't directly effect contributors one way or another, as long as it fits their sense of morals. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
