[OSM-legal-talk] ODbL comments from Creative Commons

[SteveC]

On 25 Mar 2009, at 11:34, Andy Allan wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:36 PM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>> On 22 Mar 2009, at 06:08, 80n wrote:
>> The complexity arguments are largely superfluous.
>> [...]
>> I get in my car every day and drive to work without knowing
>> how the engine management system works but it's not a 'show stopper'.
>
> I disagree with you there Steve. The problem is that *we're the guys
> building the engine*, and yet we don't know how the engine management
> system works.

I agree that the authors and groups who built the GPL need to  
understand it, at least to the degree possible with no training in  
law, but do I as a user and contributor to GNU/LINUX need to? That I  
thought was the point?

Best

Steve