[OSM-legal-talk] Age timeout for the license protection (quicker to PD than 50/70/90 years)

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Dirk-Lüder Kreie wrote:
> Would it be possible to have users agree on a sort of timeout for their
> data rights?

I would very much like to have something like that. I recommended such a 
rule long before ODbL was even discussed but the reaction was not positive.

The database right on which the ODbL is mainly based expires much 
quicker than traditional copyright (15 years after creation of the 
database). It is interesting to think what happens after 15 years - will 
the data be completely free then, or will the ODbL then revert to its 
contractual element even if the underlying database protection becomes void?

Bye
Frederik