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

[80n]

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:59:37 -0400, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > And what is it that's wrong with CC-BY-SA again?
>>
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License_FAQ
>
>
> So, nothing that is solved by ODbL (an eloquently expressed nothing, of
> course).
>


Here's what that FAQ says:

> What's wrong with the current licence?
>
> OSM currently uses the Creative Commons Share-Alike/Attribution 2.0<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/>licence, or CC-BY-SA for short. The main problems that have come to light
> over time are:
>
>    - The CC-BY-SA licence was not designed to apply to databases of
>    information and therefore has shortcomings when attempting to protect the
>    OSM data.
>    - The method of giving attribution is somewhat impracticable for a
>    project with many thousands of contributors.
>    - Limitations make it difficult or ambiguous for others to use OSM data
>    in a new work (eg mashups)
>
> I tend to agree with Anthony that ODbL does very little to solve these
problems.  And at the same time it introduces a whole range of new
problems.

There would certainly be great difficulties in practical use and many many
misunderstandings about what it says.  Copyright is a principle that is well
understood in most parts of the world.  When you add to that Database rights
which are not well understood even in Europe and contact law which is
notoriously complex and varies greatly across juristdictions, you have a
very impractical mess on your hands - good luck with that.

This medicine is much worse than the illness it is trying to cure.

80n






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