[OSM-legal-talk] Progressing OSM to a new dataLicence regime

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On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:52:24AM +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Let us drop all this nonsense and concentrate on drawing up the moral  
> guidelines - saying what we consider ok and what not - instead of  
> fantasizing about having legal powers to enforce anything.

I don't get it : you go on about how license such and such is
possibly unenforceable and then you propose moral guidelines
that are 100% guaranteed not enforceable. I fail to see progress.

For me personally a viral license is the best way to express
these moral guidelines.

I do not want a commercial entity to use my work without proper
compensation : I accept payment either in cash (not going to happen)
or in contributions from said entity to the project I want to see
succeed (OSM if that is not clear)

Any license is difficult to enforce for an individual like me,
especially in different jurisdictions.
But by putting a license on my work at least I signal the world that
I have some intentions and come the day I feel slighted, at least
I can do an appeal to morality (and net outrage). If I put my
work in PD then I have absolutly no moral ground to condemn
anyone doing things I'd rather not see.

cu bart