[OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms

[Ed Avis]

Matt Amos <zerebubuth at ...> writes:

>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Contributor_Terms

Should say: You agree to only add contents for which you are the copyright
holder, *or which are in the public domain*, *or which already have permission
from the rights holder to distribute under Licence X*, or where you have explicit
permission from the rights holder to submit the content.

(Licence X being whatever licence OSM is using... so if another organization
releases data under CC-BY-SA or under ODbL or whatever, clearly it must be
permitted to add that to OSM.  If not, something is a bit wrong.)

Sections 2 and 3 seem a bit too much of a blank cheque to the OSM Foundation.
If we truly believe in share-alike, then is it not enough for contributors to
agree to license their work under Licence X, and then the OSMF will be able to
redistribute it?

If you want to be able to do future relicensing exercises then why not simply ask
for copyright assignment?  It is more honest that way I think.

-- 
Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>