[OSM-legal-talk] decision removing data

[John Smith]

On 8 August 2010 17:03, Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:
> copyright on it and claim it as their own.  Because the ODbL and
> CC-By-SA impose a cost on the community.  I mean, if we're going to
> get rid of contributors on purpose, then at least let's get rid of the
> people who think a reciprocal license solves a problem.

Pushing things in a PD direction will cause just as many problems,
there is no way you can have a one size fits all and then try to shoe
horn everyone into that box:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalog