[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] License to kill

[OJ W]

The UK canals don't contribute to the licensing discussions because
you mapped them as PD.  So we can do whatever we want with the canal
data without having to consult anyone.


On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net> wrote:
>
> OJ W wrote:
>> Given that maps need to be regularly updated to stay useful,
>> anyone relying on a CC-BY-SA loophole will be just as SOL if
>> we change the license in a year as if we changed it in time
>> for april fools
>
> Shit, I'd better cancel the 25,000 copies of Waterways World rolling off the
> presses with a largely NPE-derived map of the Chesterfield Canal in, then.
>
> I can count on two hands the number of British canals that have moved in the
> last _century_. The Aire & Calder was rerouted because of some mining
> subsidence. The Ribble Link is new. The Falkirk Wheel caused a realignment
> of the F&C/Union junction. The Worcester & Birmingham now swerves to avoid
> the M42. Er...
>
> cheers
> Richard
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