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<DIV>From: "Anthony" <<A
href="mailto:osm@inbox.org">osm@inbox.org</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "Licensing and other legal discussions." <<A
href="mailto:legal-talk@openstreetmap.org">legal-talk@openstreetmap.org</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 12:10 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] New phrase in section 2</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>> <BR>> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 6:42 PM, David Groom <<A
href="mailto:reviews@pacific-rim.net">reviews@pacific-rim.net</A>>
wrote:<BR>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony" <<A
href="mailto:osm@inbox.org">osm@inbox.org</A>><BR>>>> I have no idea
why it was actually put there, but one positive thing<BR>>>> it does
(besides nullifying the ODbL) is that it puts us all on an<BR>>>> equal
footing with OSMF.<BR>>><BR>>> Could you :<BR>>><BR>>>
a) explain the above last paragraph; and<BR>>> b) define "us"; is it OSM
contributors, OSM data users, or some other "us"<BR>> <BR>> "Us" would be
every party that receives a copy of OSM, contributors or<BR>>
non-contributors. Under the proposed CT 1.2 (*), everyone who<BR>>
receives a copy of OSM has the same rights. OSMF doesn't have
special<BR>> rights which the rest of "us" don't have.<BR>> </DIV>
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<DIV>I'm not sure that it is true that under the current (1.2) proposed CT's
everyone has the same rights as OSMF.</DIV>
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<DIV>Is it not the case that it is very probable that everyone else has MORE
rights than OSMF.</DIV>
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<DIV>Under section 2 "Rights granted. Subject to Section 3 and 4 below, You
hereby grant to OSMF and any party that receives Your Contents a worldwide,
royalty-free, ....etc"</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>OSMF is bound by sections 3 & 4, but these
sections only apply to OSMF.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Therefore whilst OSMF's rights are limited, by
agreeing to the CT's you grant everyone else a pretty much unlimited licence to
your contributions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>David</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>> (*) ...as I last read it. There have in the past been
changes made to<BR>> the CT 1.2 without incrementing the version number, so I
have no idea<BR>> what it *currently* says.<BR>> <BR></DIV>
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