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

[Simon Ward]

On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 11:30:41AM -0500, Russ Nelson wrote:
> 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.

This needs a safeguard to allow for email addresses temporarily not
working.  I’m not even sure this is the right thing to do anyway.  It’s
far safer getting rid of a user’s data than it is assuming ownership of
it.

Simon
-- 
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
simple system that works.—John Gall
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