[OSM-legal-talk] Compatibility of new license with old

[jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 5:56 PM, andrzej zaborowski <balrogg at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 August 2010 10:28, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
>> On 08/27/2010 04:43 AM, jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com wrote:
>>> I would like to know if the new license is compatible with the old one.
>>> will we be able to use CC-SA-2.0 licensed data or we will have to get
>>> new contracts with the donators of data?
>>> for example, we have gotten much of the data for Kosovo donated under
>>> written contract for CC-SA-20, many users helped import this data into
>>> osm.
>>> even if those users agree to relicense, it does not mean that the
>>> original data can be relicensed.
>>
>> (I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice.)
>>
>> The new licence is incompatible with the old. BY-SA 2.0 data cannot be
>> placed under it without the rightsholder agreeing to relicence.
>
> Indeed.
>
>>
>> But the new licence is more compatible with other licences (including the
>> old) where you want to produce "mash ups" and other works that combine data
>> from more than one source.

Guys,
so you are saying that I will have to go back to all the people who
donated data and relicense that so other people will be able to use
their data in a more commercial manner?
I think that some will say no.

The problem is that we got data also from some GIS companies who
wanted non commercial only. The cc protected them in some way. I will
have to go back and rework all the contracts.

I hope that someone will host the kosovo data after osm will delete it.
what a mess.

mike