On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 5:39 AM, 80n <[email protected]> wrote: > It would seem to me that anyone who has agreed to the contributor > terms and who then edits content that is published by OSM is in breach > of the CC-BY-SA license.
It seems to me that you are confused, but I think I see where that originates and have fixed it. The OpenStreetMap database is currently available as CC-By-SA. Users are indicating their willingness to relicense their contributions, or not, under ODbL. Current edits are CC-By-SA. The OSM db is currently CC-By-SA, only. In Phase 4, accounts that have not accepted CT/ODbL will be prevented from further editing. Accounts which have accepted will continue to make CC-By-SA-only edits to the CC-By-SA database. CC-By-SA planet files, etc. will continue to be publisheduntil the end of Phase 4. The last of these CC-By-SA-only edits will be the removal of the last CC-By-SA-only data, leaving only contributions approved by the authors for both CC-By-SA and ODbL. That db of CC-By-SA and ODbL-approved data will be published as the last CC-By-SA OSM planet file. Then, Phase 5 begins. That same db from the end of Phase4, consisting only of data approved by the contributors for both CC-By-SA and ODbL, will be published as the first OSM ODbL-only database. Editing of this ODbL database, will continue by ODbL-accepted accounts as ODbL-only edits. I have clarified the Phase 4 title in the Implementation plan[1]. It said, "CC-BY-SA edits no longer accepted" and now reads, "PHASE 4 - "Decline" accounts deactivated." The intent and function of Phase 4 has not changed but the title is now more direct. I apologize for your confusion. Best regards, Richard [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License/Implementation_Plan _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
