[OSM-legal-talk] CT, section 3

[Mike Dupont]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Olaf Schmidt-Wischhöfer
<olaf at amen-online.de> wrote:
> I contributed to
> OpenStreetMap because it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA. I would never have
> contributed under a license that says: "All your work is now ours. You give up
> all control. Bugger off if you disagree."

AMEN.
that is exactly how I see it.

Now, the arguments are that this work is not protected because it is
factual and a database under the European Database blah. But in the
end, the work we did was a product of our time and includes human
errors etc. I see it more as a creative work and if you want to reduce
me to a producer of facts under the public domain or any other view, I
would object under the grounds of human rights. From that viewpoint
the wikipedia is also just factual and the license does not apply.

You can say that the fact that a McDonalds is there and the
information is there makes it not copyright-able. But how did it get
there? it was the product of human labor, ok at low resolution. If you
were to make a painting or draw a map on walking papers by and scan it
it, no one would question that.

Anyway, I am getting alot of messages, chats, emails etc from people
asking me to sign the blank check. But I don't understand, If you are
going to change the CT that has been signed by all these people, don't
you have to ask them to sign the new version as well? or did they sign
the blank check already and have no say?

I would prefer to wait and see, I fully support osm as a project, but
disagree with how this is being managed, I dont see why I should make
it easier on people, who I like and admire, if it will encourage them
to make mistakes?

If you ask me, this entire licensing issue has gotten pretty ugly and
that is because it was not planned properly. get your documents
straight first before approaching people with it.

 I want to provide constructive feedback and be engaged in the
discussion, I want my questions to be answered, to feel part of the
process, then you will have my support.

thanks,

mike