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

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Mon Aug 30 11:40:05 BST 2010


On 08/30/2010 11:28 AM, John Smith wrote:
> On 30 August 2010 20:22, Rob Myers<rob at robmyers.org>  wrote:
>> The part of my email that you didn't quote mentions that to some people, GPL
>> 3 was seen as a major change.
>
> No where near as major as switching from GPL to BSD, you can try and
> spin it anyway you like,

I would never claim that switching from the GPL to BSD was minor. Or, in 
the majority of cases, wise. But I'm not sure what that has to do with 
anything.

> GPL2 to GPL3 was evolution, not revolution....

If you could explain this to Linus Torvalds I'd be most grateful.

- Rob.



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