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

[Maarten Deen]

Frederik Ramm wrote:
> 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.

That's a bit silly. So you're supposed to ask permission to use the data with 
the current license, and with any possible imaginable other license, as noone 
will be able to predict how OSM will look like in 10 years. And even if the 
general direction is known, it's not much use to ask to agree to a proposed 
license as this may not be the future license.

How many of the contributors will agree to that? It's like saying "yeah, we now 
have CC-BY-SA-2, but this may change in the future and please sign this blank 
sheet of paper".

My view: IMHO dataremoval is bad. Tag the old data which cannot be relicensed 
with "CC-BY-SA-2" and leave it there. Possibly bar it from getting changed 
(except deleted) in the API, but my feeling is that the people moving the 
license are the ones that have to make sure the old data will remain and will 
not be misused.
You cannot expect #random mapper to roll over and play ball on every decision of 
the OSM board or license committee.

Maarten