2011/3/24 Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com>:
> On 24 March 2011 06:00, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> wrote:
>  > ODbL gives us the real share-alike, open data license that we wish we
>  > had available to us when the project started.
>
> Who cares about share-alike? The fact of the matter is that it's
> impossible for anyone to steal, fork, clone, borrow, or in any other
> way take a copy of OSM without losing the value of OSM -- it's
> community.  You either join the community and participate along with
> everyone else, or else you FAIL.


well, someone who has its own community might steal/fork/clone/borrow
(e.g. gmap maker, waze), or someone who has enough resources to pay
lots of people (major mapping company).

cheers,
Martin

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