[OSM-legal-talk] The big license debate

[SteveC]

Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> c) Have you calculated the amount of data OSM is missing out on  
> because of its current licence? 

Pretty hard to calculate the unknowable :)

 > For example, I have full tracings of
> the UK waterways network. If OSM had a share-data licence, or was PD,  
> it would have this data by now.

I used a similar argument with Stallman once, his response in this 
context would be 'so what, have patience, someone else will get the data.'

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/