[OSM-legal-talk] Is CC-BY-SA is compatible with ODbL?

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/8/14 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> On 14 August 2010 18:46, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net> wrote:
>> Is it? I thought most of the Australian Government data was CC-BY - a much
>> easier problem.
>
> To the best of my knowledge you are correct. Perhaps he was thinking
> of some other country that has had cc-by-sa data imported?


I might miss the point: but why do some governments put their data
under cc-by or cc-by-sa licenses if those are not suitable for data
but only for works?

cheers,
Martin