> > This is a direct consequence of OSM not being PD ! > > From our Homepage: > > The project (OSM) was started because most maps you think of as free > actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back > people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways. > > This is typically a situation where be bite our own tail. A new innovative, > creative and unexpected application is forced to withdraw much more data > because our license forced them too. > > because we put “legal restrictions on their use” > > Do you really expect that a new License (regardless it's type) will create > no more clashes like this ? > > Shouldn’t we remove this pretentious headline from our homepage as long as > we do restrict other users ? > > OSM: go to shame ourselves. >
Yes, to short-cut this can you please go Google "BSD GPL", then go read the infinite number of talk, legal-talk, legal-general etc threads on the merits/problems of PD vs Share-Alike before starting yet another. And follow ups on this topic (which I'll assume is "OSM should be PD") to legal-general please. Thanks, Dave _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
