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

[Simon Ward]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 05:05:00AM +0000, Jukka Rahkonen wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Some day I die. Should I take my OSM data with me, or try to re-activate my
> e-mail account pretty soon then?

Yes and no.  You could change that by giving licence to OSM to do
whatever they wish with your data after your death.  Have you written
your will yet? :)  Or, you could indicate that you allow your data to be
licensed as the OSM community sees fit now.  This is really your choice,
and not something to be forced by the licence.

Much more idealistically, copyright and database right terms would be
reduced and measured from the date of publication.  Every work becomes
public domain in a reasonable amount of time, and everyone gets to make
use of it, regardless of whether the authors disappear.

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