<p dir="ltr">Although that's all good and well we do have an issue with one of the points and it's the same one we have an issue with the city of Ottawa and prevents us from using it. They said they were supposed to change the license to open gov license over 2 years now, but haven't<br></p>
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<p dir="ltr">We cannot be held responsible if someone sues the city.<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 18, 2016 8:08 PM, "Greg Troxel" <<a href="mailto:gdt@ir.bbn.com">gdt@ir.bbn.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Kevin Kenny <<a href="mailto:kevin.b.kenny%2Bosm@gmail.com">kevin.b.kenny+osm@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
<br>
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 7:23 PM, Frederik Ramm <<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Before we get into the technicalities, I believe there might be a slight<br>
>> problem on the legal side.<br>
>><br>
>> OSM data is distributed under the ODbL 1.0 license which does not<br>
>> discriminate against any fields of endeavour, including such that are<br>
>> against the law.<br>
>><br>
>> Your license however says that:<br>
>><br>
>> "You may use the Data to create Derivative Works using the Data and<br>
>> distribute said Derivative Works for any lawful purposes."<br>
><br>
> This argument is, to put it bluntly, silly. In Common Law countries,<br>
> this is a difference without a distinction. An contract to break the<br>
> law is void as a matter of public policy. There is no enforceable<br>
> difference between a license 'for any lawful purpose' and a license<br>
> 'for any purpose whatsoever,' because the licensor cannot grant<br>
> permission to break the law.<br>
<br>
I think it's specious, too, but from a slightly different viewpoint. If<br>
someone were to use OSM unlawfully, that's between them and their<br>
government. The notion that they are also liable for some sort of<br>
database copyright infringement seems odd.<br>
<br>
But, if I follow, Kevin may be saying that a license to use data<br>
unlawfully is void, and thus a license with the restriction and a<br>
license without the restriction actually grant exactly the same<br>
permission.<br>
<br>
Another question is how other areas of the Free Software community have<br>
interpreted these sorts of clauses. I think it's pretty clear that "you<br>
can use this software but you can't build missiles" is the sort of field<br>
of endeavor discrimination that is intended to be prevented, rather than<br>
a relatively harmless "we didn't mean to grant permission for anything<br>
unlawful" caveat.<br>
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