[OSM-legal-talk] A simplification of the agreement on the signup page.

[Russ Nelson]

I'm thinking that we should modify the agreement that people make when  
they sign up.  It should read something like this:


By creating an account, you agree that all work uploaded to  
openstreetmap.org and all data created by use of any tools which  
connect to openstreetmap.org is to be (non-exclusively) licensed under  
this Creative Commons license (by-sa). or under the ODbL. If you  
choose not to give us your email address, or your email address stops  
working, you waive all right to ownership of your edits.

Should we, God forbid, need to change the license ever again, or make  
any other kind of legal change, we have a defensible legal position  
for those people whose edits have, or become, anonymous.

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Russ Nelson - http://community.cloudmade.com/blog - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:RussNelson
russ at cloudmade.com - http://openstreetmap.org/user/RussNelson

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