[OSM-legal-talk] legal-talk Digest, Vol 8, Issue 2

Robert (Jamie) Munro rjmunro at arjam.net
Tue Apr 3 18:49:57 BST 2007


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Matt Lee wrote:
> Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
> 
>> Like codecs in what way? I.e. what about codecs means it's OK not to
>> "copyleft" them?
> 
> Oh, I think it's okay to copyleft them, but I think if things 
> like Ogg Vorbis are to achieve any level of saturation on the 
> marketplace, where they will be useful on things like iPods and 
> the like, then a license like the BSD (which is what they went 
> for) is more useful. I don't think Microsoft is going to fork it.

Do you think OSM will achieve a level of saturation on the marketplace,
where it is useful on things like iPods, TomToms and the like if it is
copylefted?

Robert (Jamie) Munro
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