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

[Robert Kaiser]

Maarten Deen schrieb:
> On 29-8-2010 19:21, Rob Myers wrote:
>> It's basically the same as copyright assignment. Which can work well for
>> projects of non-profit foundations.
>
> Copyright assignment is not signing a blank sheet of paper.

No, but it is signing a paper that states exactly which information (all 
your OSM data? all your GNU code?) is handed over to a specific entity 
(the OSMF? the FSF?) in terms of copyright entirely and it's up to that 
entity to license it as they please - possible with certain restrictions 
(like always making it available with a free and open license, as the CT 
states).

Actually, IMHO, it's was wrong of the OSM project to do neither a 
copyright assignment nor a license that has a clear clause on automatic 
possibility of upgrade to a newer license in the same spirit (i.e. and 
"and later" clause).

Robert Kaiser