[OSM-legal-talk] OS Opendata & the new license

[Rob Myers]

On 10/03/2010 03:12 PM, Dave F. wrote:
>
> Again, a statement with caveats included.

It's an honest statement of the current situation as I understand it.

To give you the precise answer that you want ("Yes/No, OS data/traces 
are OK under the CTs/ODbL/DbCL") will take time and effort because it 
involves discussion with other organizations and with lawyers.

> Shouldn't this have been worked out *before* expecting users to
> accept/decline?

This is about getting the licence right. Anything else is a secondary 
consideration.

>> If you agree to the CTs at this point, the worst thing that will
>> happen is that your data cannot be used by OSM.
>
> Err... Did you mean to write that?

I think it would be the practical outcome for well marked-up data, but I 
probably should have added some caveats. ;-)

- Rob.