[OSM-legal-talk] Legal review by ITO World's lawyer

[Andy Allan]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Peter Miller <peter.miller at itoworld.com> wrote:
> I have put the legal review we have received for the current license draft
> on the wiki. I have organised it so that we can comment and discuss the
> issues after each of the points on the wiki page if appropriate. I can't say
> that have understood all the points raised yet and their possible
> implications, but I thought it would be good to start getting more brains on
> it straight away.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ITO_World/ODbL_Licence_0.9_legal_review_for_ITO
>
> Can I suggest that we spend tomorrow and the weekend discussing it and then
> I can seek clarification on any key points on Monday from our lawyer and we
> can then put the key points to the OKM and to our own foundation lawyers.

This is great. I especially like sections 5 and 6, and in general most
of their points resonate with my feelings about the ODbL.

But in any case, I extend my thanks to you and ITO World for
commissioning this review and making it public.

Cheers,
Andy