[OSM-legal-talk] License Cut-over and critical mass
Anthony
osm at inbox.org
Fri Jul 16 09:49:03 BST 2010
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:35 AM, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
> On 07/15/2010 11:39 PM, John Smith wrote:
>
>> I'm aware of that, that isn't my point, my point is I want to make an
>> informed decision on how much data will be lost if we relicense, so
>> far no one anywhere can know this.
>>
>
> Can you suggest a way we can estimate this?
>
It would be nice if people could publicly record their intentions
(yes/no/undecided) without committing to anything. Then we just go through
the database periodically and tally up the numbers.
ODbL is a comparable licence to BY-SA, with the main change being that it
> has actually been written to cover data.
That's not at all correct. The main change between BY-SA and ODbL is the
requirement to release the database whenever you use the database.
Personally, I think that's a horribly onerous requirement.
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