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

[Rob Myers]

On 08/30/2010 01:09 PM, James Livingston wrote:
> On 30/08/2010, at 3:21 AM, Rob Myers wrote:
>> It's basically the same as copyright assignment. Which can work well for projects of non-profit foundations.
>
> It can yes, however there are a lot of developers who refuse to work on projects that require it, so it's a trade-off you have to make. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but there is a cost to requiring assignment.
>
> (I have one or two patches I've submitted to various projects which are sitting unapplied because I didn't realise they required assignment)

Yes that's a fair point. I'd argue that it depends on the project. I've 
signed a couple of GNU copyright assignments but I wouldn't sign an 
Ubuntu one.

- Rob.