On 25 March 2011 05:49, David Murn <da...@incanberra.com.au> wrote: > > The problem is, any fork under the existing licence can continue without > problem. Any fork under the new licence, cannot use any data unless the > user who contributed that data can/will give them 100% rights. Those > against the ODbL can fork any time, and continue with the data under a > CC licence without worrying about relicencing someone elses data. Those > in favour of the ODbl have to ensure the data they hold can be > relicenced. >
Not true. ODbL licensed data *can* be forked at any time without asking anyone for their blessing. I don't see how you come to the conclusion otherwise. The Licensing Working Group consulted with a lawyer during drafting of the ODbL to ensure that the ODbL licensed content would be forkable. Regards Grant _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
