On 6 March 2011 09:10, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > So basically you are saying that it is not possible to explain it in > layman's terms. Thank you for your input.
The new license changes things from something many people understand to something massively more complex that it's proponents can't even agree over what it means. Instead of just relying on copyright it tries to use contract and database law as well, and this will make things much more complex for people distributing, since they would need to form contracts with people copying, but of course this is one point of contention, some dispute this, but for ODBL to stick beyond copyright a contract has to be in place otherwise why switch from cc-by-sa in the first place. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk