[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

[Frederik Ramm]

Duane,

> I wonder how Frederik is going to rationalise having the Kosovo
> information removed, 

I haven't made a statement about the Kosovo information. I'm sure that 
whoever has imported it has made sure it would be compatible with future 
license changes as suggested on the imports Wiki page for ages.

The license change is not my personal hobby so I'm surprised you should 
single me out in the way you do, even using my name in message subjects. 
I'm sorry if I should have hurt your feelings by pointing out that 
Nearmap-derived data is only a minuscle part of OSM as a whole; I think 
that it is important to refer to facts once in a while when emotions run 
high.

Removing data that is incompatible with our license is something we do 
almost every day. People accidentally import batches of "noncommercial" 
data - sure it hurts to remove it but should we change our license to 
"noncommercial" just to keep it? People in Germany have traced tons of 
buildings from sources that were incompatible with out license, and we 
removed them. Sometimes those who did the work left the project as a 
consequence because they felt that we shouldn't take legal issues so 
seriously.

I don't think that there is data in OSM that is so precious that we need 
to risk OSM's future just to be able to hold on to that data.

Anyway I hear there's an excellent group of people planning a 
"continuity fork" so any data OSM cannot continue to use would be safe 
with them.

Bye
Frederik

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