[OSM-legal-talk] Copyright Assignment

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

80n wrote:
> By comparison, ODbL+Contributor Terms has properties that break this 
> principle.  A derived work can not be fed back into OSM unless the 
> author agrees to the contributor terms.

Whether or not to require the contributor terms for any individual 
contribution is fully up to OSMF, is it not? They could simply drop it, 
change it, or make an exception any time. So if someone does something 
really interesting and deliberately doesn't agree to the contributor 
terms, hoping to protect his data against feedback into OSM proper, an 
exception could always be unilaterally made and the data fed back.

Unless OSMF has changed the license meanwhile (or until they change the 
license) - then that contribution becomes incompatible with the rest.

Bye
Frederik