On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We see this already. I've spoken to companies and orgs who have said > specifically that they would not contribute to OSM if it was not > Share-Alike. No one wants to be competing against themselves in the > future. > This is actually a pretty good argument for share-alike.By having share-alike, a company that pours time, money, and effort into improving the database will not inadvertently help a competitor that would not give anything back. Sure, a CC-BY or even CC0/PD license is "freer" than a share-alike license, but only for a data user in isolation (they don't have any onerous obligations and that's "freer"). But, share-alike ensures that the freedom is sustainable for *everybody* in perpetuity and not just single users.
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