[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] NearMap Community Licence and OSM Contributor Terms

[Liz]

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, SteveC wrote:
> NearMap is the only company I'm aware of attempting to hold a lot of data
> hostage in this way. We all have our different opinions on the license,
> but the point is that we need to do something going forward which will be
> on average better for everyone. It won't be perfect. Therefore we have to
> make compromises.

"hold data hostage"
please put your imagination away and stick to facts.

Compromise is necessary. 

Please now, go back to the original 2009 implementation proposal in which the 
proposal was "put to the community" 

and put away the May 2010 implementation plan in which it happens "when there 
is a critical mass"