[OSM-legal-talk] PD vs SA: The eternal battle

[Philipp Klaus Krause]

Joseph Gentle schrieb:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:06 PM, 80n <80n80n at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I like so view OSM as a cool DIY project, not a political trick we're
>>> pulling.
>> The problem with PD is that it permits companies to take OSM data, add their
>> own data and benefit from result without giving anything back.  Joseph's bus
>> company could take OSM's PD data, add its own bus stops and publish the
>> mobile app that Joseph wants.  There is no incentive for them to make their
>> bus stop data available.  They gain and everyone else loses.
>>
>> Do you really feel comfortable about that happening?

To me the main problem with copyleft licenses is that there are so many
incompatible ones of them.
PD has the advantage of being compatible with all of them.

Philipp