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

[SteveC]

On Jul 17, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Anthony wrote:

> 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.

Er, no, it's a totally valid comparison in the stands that SC and CC have taken. CC is pretty reasonable, gives you a ton of options. SC have thrown the toys out the pram and declared the law of the land just wrong and we all 'should' be PD. That's not very flexible and won't get very far.

Your replies to my emails seem to be 'disagree with Steve for the sake of it' rather than having any content.

Steve

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