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

[Anthony]

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 3:04 AM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:

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

That's a great strawman, Steve.

While we're at it let's imagine if OSM had been an organization saying that
contract law should apply to the works of Shakespeare or the laws of physics
or something.
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