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<p>One thing that hasn't been pointed out in this discussion is that
the status of the PD flag is not actually available to anybody
except the OSMF and the account holder in question. <br>
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<p>So in reality no third party could have based their processing of
OSM data on the status of the flag and resetting it would have no
practical effect at all.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 01.10.2019 um 10:28 schrieb
severin.menard via osmf-talk:<br>
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<div>Hi,<br>
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<div>As I guess many people signing up in OSM and not necessarily
very aware at that time about data licenses, I did not pay much
attention to the check-box below the contributor agreement
asking if I would consider my contributions as part of public
domain. And it seems I ticked it. Now I am strongly convinced of
the benefits of both attribution and share-alike requirements
and obviously regret that choice.<br>
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<div>My question is: can I now edit this option of the contributor
agreement and untick this checkbox, considering it would be
totally harmless for OSM as PD not being the current license for
OSM? Or everyone in my case unfortunately needs to create a new
OSM account?<br>
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<div>This apart, I think this checkbox should not be implemented
at all in the contributor agreement when signing up. Why
specifically for PD? If ever arises a project of switching from
ODbL to PD, I think it should be handled at least the way it was
done for CC-BY-SA to ODbL in 2012, with a specific choice for
that change with detailed information for the contributors,
moreover considering it would be a much, much more drastic
switch. <br>
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<div>I also think that <a
href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence_and_Legal_FAQ/Why_would_I_want_my_contributions_to_be_public_domain"
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should also have a Cons section after the Pros. <br>
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<p>If the whole thing would have been thought through correctly
there would have been a legal text there instead of pieced
together stuff that doesn't really make any sense. But in any case
changing the text without a reset of the whole thing would be a
very bad idea and would just add to the confusion.</p>
<p>Simon<br>
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<div>Sincerely,<br>
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<div>Severin<br>
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