[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] OSM layer into Adobe Illustrator?

Kristian Thy thy at 42.dk
Mon Feb 26 15:41:51 GMT 2007


On Mon, Feb 26, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:
> On 2/26/07, Kristian Thy <thy at 42.dk> wrote:
> >On Mon, Feb 26, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:
> >> If you want to know what a license means exaclty, contact a lawyer who
> >> knows about licenses and can interpret it for you. It's as simple as
> >> that!
> >
> >Or, in other words: "We don't know either!"
> 
> Which is quite fine. Several free software developers don't understand
> all the implications of the GPL either. They are just programmers, not
> lawyers. They simple trust others who have told them that GPL is the
> best option.

Um, yeah, I understand that. However, when *nobody* can give a clear
answer, the license probably needs an update / clarification. Why should
I want to contribute to a project that a) it isn't clear I can benefit
from myself and b) apparently doesn't uphold the attribution licence
itself.

Follow-ups on legal-talk, please.

\\kristian
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