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

[Simon Ward]

On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 07:22:36PM -0500, Russ Nelson wrote:
> Why?  If the owner of the data ever shows up, they can 1) agree to any  
> changes in the license, or 2) ask to have their data removed.  I don't  
> see much value in removing the data now on the chance that we might have 
> to remove it later.

Conversely, if the author ever shows up in the situation where their
data has been removed because sufficient rights were not determined,
they can resubmit the data with terms compatible with OSM.  Of course,
this assumes they still have that data.

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