[OSM-legal-talk] decision removing data

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 08/08/2010 09:25 AM, John Smith wrote:
> On 8 August 2010 17:03, Russ Nelson<nelson at crynwr.com>  wrote:
>> copyright on it and claim it as their own.  Because the ODbL and
>> CC-By-SA impose a cost on the community.  I mean, if we're going to
>> get rid of contributors on purpose, then at least let's get rid of the
>> people who think a reciprocal license solves a problem.
>
> Pushing things in a PD direction will cause just as many problems,
> there is no way you can have a one size fits all and then try to shoe
> horn everyone into that box:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalog

I'm somewhat tired of people using existing imports as the reason for 
*anything* in OSM. Can we please just delete all data that has been 
imported? Imports are just data, and we should not base any decision we 
make on some idea of copyright that someone else might have.

Imports are bad enough in the effect they have on the surveying 
community. If imports now, in addition, start to become a corset that 
limits our choices with regards to where the project should be going, 
then it is *high time* to get rid of them completely.

Bye
Frederik