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

[Rob Myers]

On 08/29/2010 08:21 AM, Maarten Deen wrote:
 >
> 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.

It's because no-one can predict how the environment in which OSM exists 
will look in 10 years.

The longest running free software and free culture projects have had to 
change their licences to reflect the changing environment in which they 
exist. OSM will be no different.

- Rob.