[OSM-legal-talk] compatibility with CC licenses

[John Wilbanks]

 >Interoperability of data would be nice, but as far as I am concerned
 >it’s not a primary aim unless the interoperability is with other
 >similarly free (freedom) and licensed such that further redistribution
 >is also free.
 >
 >Simon

I understand that, and I'm not trying to reopen the argument about PD v. 
ODbL (although I find the idea that freedom can only come from the 
barrel of a license deeply depressing).

I was responding to a set of questions about whether or not ODbL was 
compatible with CC licenses, and pointing out that the use of the ODbL 
contradicts CC policy on database licensing. This tends to indicate that 
compatibility conversations would have to start at that level and not 
the "are the freedoms compatible in these two licenses" level.

I also have a use case, one of a few that turned us from an ODbL path 
towards a PD path. It'd be nice to get a WSGR reaction to it.

If Big Company decides to run a mechanical turk contest on Amazon to 
extract facts from your DB one at a time, do they violate the license 
without having ever signed it - can they possibly be bound by it if they 
haven't signed it, clicked ok on a digital box etc? And at what point 
does the individual person working in the turk contest infringe - 5 
facts, 10 facts, 100 facts? And who would you sue in the event you 
wanted to take it to court?

jtw

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