[OSM-legal-talk] The big license debate

Robert (Jamie) Munro rjmunro at arjam.net
Wed Feb 28 18:00:46 GMT 2007


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Laurence Penney wrote:
> Perhaps it would be helpful to set out what should happen when someone 
> contacts OSM, asking if they can use the data in a particular way.
> 
> Here are some options:
> 
> 1. We shrug, and say get a lawyer to read the license.
> 2. Steve says yes or no.
> 3. Certain OSM Foundation guardians vote yes or no.
> 4. The OSM community votes yes or no.

I expect usually 3, but they would consult 4 on some occasions, where
they feel the precedent has not been set, and it is of importance to the
 long term future of the project. In urgent cases (e.g. a phone call
asking can we use the map on the news tonight), 2 should be allowed.

Robert (Jamie) Munro
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