Simon Poole <[email protected]> writes: > If you have any feedback, questions of suggestions, please respond soon. > I'm planning on a final review and potential approval at the upcoming > LWG meeting on Tuesday and proceeding to formal board approval and > publishing in a matter of days. > > The text can be found here > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Collective_Database_Guideline
I wonder if "database" should be capitalized. The point is that people think about a 'postgresql database', and that's not the same thing as a Derivative Database or Collective Database, which is a logical concept. It's clear the guideline is talking about the logical concept, and that's even made explicit. I also don't understand precisely what the guideline means. It seems the ODbL means what the courts say the text means, so the guideline is really a statement of how OSMF and the community view the edge cases, which could well give weight to a case. Plus, presumably OSMF can be expected to avoid enforcement beyond the guideline. Perhaps that's obvious, but a "this guideline documents OSMF's interpretation of the consequences of the license text" is perhaps in order. Another view is that the main guideline page does say this, so perhaps a "see also" link is in order - I didn't notice one on reading.
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