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

[Liz]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> but it is IMHO not at all
> an argument against the license change.



So we'll get back to the beginning
Multiple imports have been arranged before and after any particular date, 
whether March 2008, any time up to May 2010.
However, March 2008 has been specified, so I check the archives of legal-talk 
and find a discussion about the LINZ import.

http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2008-March/000858.html

In this discussion, which covers the need for attribution, and how it is to 
enabled, ODbL hardly rates a mention. 
In fact, someone suggested that ODbL would make the attribution easier.
No where does anyone say that this data CC-by-SA, is going to be incompatible 
with the 'new licence'.

So the NZ mappers ahve followed the exact advice given, gone to legal-talk 
mailing list and subsequently gone ahead with importing CC-by-SA data into 
OSM.

Now, have they been a little careless, a little remiss or whatever?