[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

[Rob Myers]

On 09/03/2010 09:50 AM, Simon Ward wrote:
>>
>> In another post[1] I asked if linking the contributor terms to the
>> version of the OSMF could be done. Would it be a suitable safeguard?
>                   ^^^^ OSMF’s stated aims

A successor to the OSMF wouldn't be bound by such terms I don't think. 
And if the OSMF's stated aims have to change for whatever reason (new 
laws, a development in the project) that might be a problem.

I don't know about firewalling or poison-pill-ing project IP against 
hostile actors. When I was working for h2g2 and that went bankrupt, 
there was a sale of assets that led to the BBC ending up with the online 
brand despite all the effort that went into protecting the brand as a 
whole from the BBC originally. I've no idea whether it's possible to 
protect against that kind of unexpected and disastrous eventuality.

It may be worth looking at what Wikimedia, Apache, the FSF et al. do.

- Rob.