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

[Kevin Peat]

On 14 August 2010 10:14, Francis Davey <fjmd1a at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 14 August 2010 10:09, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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?
>
> There may be institutional reasons for it (eg "we always use this
> licence").
>
>
> It seems to me that use of these licenses by governments started about the
time osm decided they were no good and continues to accelerate. I also find
it very odd that this project with extremely limited legal resources feels
like it knows better than the large legal teams that governments and state
bodies have.

If governments release large amounts of data under these licenses and they
turn out to not offer the correct protection then wouldn't they just change
the law so they do work?

Kevin
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