[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] Restricting future licenses

[Rob Myers]

On 08/19/2010 02:08 PM, Anthony wrote:
>
> I've contacted Angela Beesley and Benjamin Mako Hill from
> freedomdefined.com, and they say they have not yet evaluated the ODbL.
>   I was, however, referred by them to
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ODbL_comments_from_Creative_Commons
> and invited to come over to the Freedomdefined wiki to discuss it.

The last time I spoke to Mako he wasn't keen on database copyleft. ;-)

The Open Knowledge Foundation has declared the ODbL conformant to the 
Open Knowledge Definition. This is the DFSG-style free data definition 
that OSI are currently considering adopting.

http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/

- Rob.