[OSM-legal-talk] License Cut-over and critical mass

[SteveC]

On Jul 16, 2010, at 6:11 PM, Rob Myers wrote:

> On 07/16/2010 04:33 PM, Anthony wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org
>> <mailto:rob at robmyers.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>   On 07/16/2010 10:05 AM, Anthony wrote:
>> 
>>       BY-SA almost certainly applies to the OSM database as a whole,
>>       even if
>>       it doesn't apply to some individual parts of the database.  So
>>       you're
>>       wrong that this is an undeniable fact.
>> 
>>   Which jurisdiction are we talking here?
>> 
>> I can't think of any jurisdiction where this wouldn't be the case.  I'm
>> most familiar with US copyright law, however.
> 
> Science Commons seem to think copyright doesn't apply to databases

no they go much further, they say it "shouldn't" and that all databases "should" be PD.

Just imaging if Creative Commons had been an organisation saying that copyright "shouldn't" apply to photographs or something, how far would they have got?

> , OKFN seem to think it might. I'm erring on the side of caution. If you can provide any clearer guidance I'd be very grateful. :-)
> 
> - Rob.
> 
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Steve

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