[OSM-legal-talk] Reverse-Engineering Maps and Share-Alike Licences

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Gervase Markham wrote:
> I would be reluctant to name them. Assuming the data remains bound by 
> some form of share-alike, in 50 years time, OSM or OSM derivatives is 
> going to be the only database anyone ever uses for storing and 
> retrieving public global mapping data. At that point, we have no clue if 
> the FSF, the GPL or Creative Commons will still exist, or whether there 
> will be another more popular share-alike licence used.

Sure; but how likely is it that we'll still be at ODbL v1.0 at that 
time? Since our license can be upgraded to "a later version", so can the 
list of compatible SA licenses for Produced Works.

Bye
Frederik

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