[OSM-legal-talk] INANAL - But these guys are

[Mikel Maron]

I think Richard was just making a short turn of phrase, speeding by the details.
Just as you are using a phrase when saying "bryt dina ben" ..

The key point to remember is that at the core, we all share enthusiasm for
OpenStreetMap. The details of how OSM works with the wider world are
an unfortunate chore we have to sort out, so that next time a broadcaster
wants to use Baghdad, or someone wants to print a map, there's no problem.
No one wants to sue anyone .. we just want to make maps!

There are many issues and positions which need consideration and decision,
and a brief summary of that, so that an expert in these issues can give advice,
would be incredibly useful at this point. That might be a CC lawyer (they
certainly are aware of all the options) or another lawyer. Can we take a NPV 
and craft a page or two on the wiki?

Mikel


----- Original Message ----
From: Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se>
To: Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemeD.net>
Cc: legal-talk at openstreetmap.org
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:43:10 PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] INANAL - But these guys are

Richard Fairhurst wrote:

> I'm guessing that it's useful to ask CC lawyers questions about  
> interpretation/meaning of a CC licence. I guess it's not useful to ask  
> them big-picture questions like "should we just go PD instead?".

You're trying to make an abstract theory of a very easy and 
practial issue.  You simply cannot "go PD".  Dozens of OSM 
contributors would break your legs if you tried.  However, this 
last summer I printed a map and sent to the anniversary party 
where everybody happily signed it and nobody protested against the 
way I reused the OSM data.  This is a proof of what you can 
apparently get away with,
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Osm_2nd_anniv_poster.jpg

Here's the entire text:

-----
Open Street Map
of Europe

Based on free* geographic information from
www.openstreetmap.org
as of July 2006

* Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
-----

More attribution than that is not needed.  Or sue me.
But doing so now is hard if you signed that poster.


-- 
  Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
  Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se

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